Jonah 3:7
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7 (A)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his [a]nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
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- Jonah 3:7 Lit. great ones
2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set [a]himself to (A)seek the Lord, and (B)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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- 2 Chronicles 20:3 Lit. his face
Jonah 3:5
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The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the (A)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
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Joel 2:15-16
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15 (A)Blow the [a]trumpet in Zion,
(B)Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people,
(C)Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
(D)Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
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- Joel 2:15 ram’s horn
Joel 1:18
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18 How (A)the animals groan!
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep [a]suffer punishment.
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- Joel 1:18 LXX, Vg. are made desolate
Ezra 8:21
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Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 Then I (A)proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might (B)humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the (C)right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.
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Romans 8:20-22
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20 For (A)the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of [a]corruption into the glorious (B)liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation (C)groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
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- Romans 8:21 decay
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