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Ezra 8:21
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Ezra 8:21
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21 There, by the Ahava Canal,(A) I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey(B) for us and our children, with all our possessions.
2 Chronicles 20:3
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2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast(A) for all Judah.
Joel 1:14
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Joel 1:14
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Isaiah 30:21
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Isaiah 30:21
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21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(A) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(B) walk in it.”
1 Samuel 7:6
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1 Samuel 7:6
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6 When they had assembled at Mizpah,(A) they drew water and poured(B) it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[a](C) of Israel at Mizpah.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 7:6 Traditionally judge; also in verse 15
Jonah 3:5
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Jonah 3:5
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5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(A)
Leviticus 23:29
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Leviticus 23:29
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29 Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.(A)
Leviticus 16:29
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Leviticus 16:29
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29 “This is to be a lasting ordinance(A) for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month(B) you must deny yourselves[a](C) and not do any work(D)—whether native-born(E) or a foreigner residing among you—
Footnotes
- Leviticus 16:29 Or must fast; also in verse 31
Joel 2:12-18
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Joel 2:12-18
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Rend Your Heart
12 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return(A) to me with all your heart,(B)
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
13 Rend your heart(C)
and not your garments.(D)
Return(E) to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,(F)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(G)
and he relents from sending calamity.(H)
14 Who knows? He may turn(I) and relent(J)
and leave behind a blessing(K)—
grain offerings and drink offerings(L)
for the Lord your God.
15 Blow the trumpet(M) in Zion,(N)
declare a holy fast,(O)
call a sacred assembly.(P)
16 Gather the people,
consecrate(Q) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(R)
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(S) leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who minister(T) before the Lord,
weep(U) between the portico and the altar.(V)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(W)
a byword(X) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?(Y)’”
The Lord’s Answer
Psalm 143:8-10
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Psalm 143:8-10
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8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,(A)
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way(B) I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.(C)
9 Rescue me(D) from my enemies,(E) Lord,
for I hide myself in you.
10 Teach me(F) to do your will,
for you are my God;(G)
may your good Spirit
lead(H) me on level ground.(I)
Psalm 107:2-8
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Psalm 107:2-8
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2 Let the redeemed(A) of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered(B) from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]
4 Some wandered in desert(C) wastelands,
finding no way to a city(D) where they could settle.
5 They were hungry(E) and thirsty,(F)
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out(G) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way(H)
to a city(I) where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks(J) to the Lord for his unfailing love(K)
and his wonderful deeds(L) for mankind,
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:3 Hebrew north and the sea
Isaiah 42:16
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Isaiah 42:16
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Psalm 5:8
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Psalm 5:8
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Ezra 8:15
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Ezra 8:15
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The Return to Jerusalem
15 I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava,(A) and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites(B) there.
Acts 2:39
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Acts 2:39
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39 The promise is for you and your children(A) and for all who are far off(B)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
Mark 10:13-16
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Mark 10:13-16
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The Little Children and Jesus(A)
13 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.(B) 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”(C) 16 And he took the children in his arms,(D) placed his hands on them and blessed them.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
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4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(D) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(F)
that will not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
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Jeremiah 31:8-9
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8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north(A)
and gather(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind(C) and the lame,(D)
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
9 They will come with weeping;(E)
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead(F) them beside streams of water(G)
on a level(H) path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,(I)
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
Jeremiah 10:23
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Jeremiah 10:23
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Jeremiah’s Prayer
23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
it is not for them to direct their steps.(A)
Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 58:3
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Isaiah 58:3
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3 ‘Why have we fasted,’(A) they say,
‘and you have not seen it?
Why have we humbled(B) ourselves,
and you have not noticed?’(C)
“Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please(D)
and exploit all your workers.
Isaiah 49:10
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Isaiah 49:10
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Proverbs 3:6
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Proverbs 3:6
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths
Leviticus 16:31
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Leviticus 16:31
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