Nehemiah 1:4
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4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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Nehemiah 1:4
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4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(A) For some days I mourned and fasted(B) and prayed before the God of heaven.
Daniel 9:3
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3 (A)Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)
Psalm 137:1
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Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land
137 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
Psalm 137:1
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Ezra 10:1
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Confession of Improper Marriages
10 Now (A)while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down (B)before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very (C)bitterly.
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Ezra 10:1
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The People’s Confession of Sin
10 While Ezra was praying and confessing,(A) weeping(B) and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.
Psalm 102:13-14
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13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her,
Yes, the set time, has come.
14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones,
And show favor to her dust.
Psalm 69:9-10
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9 (A)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(B)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
Psalm 69:9-10
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?”
So I (A)prayed to the God of heaven.
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 The king said to me, “What is it you want?”
Then I prayed to the God of heaven,
Romans 12:15
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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
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Romans 12:15
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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.(A)
Zephaniah 3:18
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18 “I will gather those who (A)sorrow over the appointed assembly,
Who are among you,
To whom its reproach is a burden.
Zephaniah 3:18
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18 “I will remove from you
all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
which is a burden and reproach for you.
Daniel 2:18
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18 (A)that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2:18
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18 He urged them to plead for mercy(A) from the God of heaven(B) concerning this mystery,(C) so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Ezra 9:3
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3 So when I heard this thing, (A)I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down (B)astonished.
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Ezra 9:3
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3 When I heard this, I tore(A) my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.(B)
Ezra 5:11-12
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11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the [a]temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built (A)and completed. 12 But (B)because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of (C)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and (D)carried the people away to Babylon.
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- Ezra 5:11 Lit. house
Ezra 5:11-12
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11 This is the answer they gave us:
“We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple(A) that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished. 12 But because our ancestors angered(B) the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.(C)
Jonah 1:9
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9 So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear [a]the Lord, the God of heaven, (A)who made the sea and the dry land.”
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- Jonah 1:9 Heb. YHWH
Jonah 1:9
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9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,(A) the God of heaven,(B) who made the sea(C) and the dry land.(D)”
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