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Jonah 3:7
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Jonah 3:7
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7 Then he had a proclamation made in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water.(A)
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Jonah 3:7
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Jonah 3:7
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7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(A)
2 Chronicles 20:3
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2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 Jehoshaphat was afraid; he set himself to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.(A)
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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.
Jonah 3:5
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Jonah 3:5
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5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.(A)
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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)
Joel 2:15-16
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Joel 2:15-16
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15 Blow the trumpet in Zion;
consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;(A)
16 gather the people.
Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even infants at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her canopy.(B)
Joel 2:15-16
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Joel 2:15-16
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Joel 1:18
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Joel 1:18
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18 How the animals groan!
The herds of cattle wander about
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep are perishing.(A)
Joel 1:18
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Joel 1:18
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Ezra 8:21
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Ezra 8:21
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Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the River Ahava, that we might humble ourselves[a] before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.(A)
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- 8.21 Or fast
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.
Romans 8:20-22
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Romans 8:20-22
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20 for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its enslavement to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor,
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Romans 8:20-22
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Romans 8:20-22
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20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(A) in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(B) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(C)
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(D) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
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- Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
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