And I set my face to the Lord God – Probably the meaning is that he turned his face toward Jerusalem, the place where God had dwelt; the pla…

I set my face. — Compare Daniel 6:11. Probably he prayed, as on that occasion, with his face towards Jerusalem. The praye…

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;

I set my face…

In this chapter, Daniel will explain to us two things. First, how very ardently he was accustomed to pray when the time of redemption, specified by…

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and
supplications
He set apart…

Daniel learned from the books of the prophets, especially from Jeremiah, that the desolation of Jerusalem would continue seventy years, which were …