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Nehemiah 1:4
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Nehemiah 1:4
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4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.(A)
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Nehemiah 1:4
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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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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.(A)
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Daniel 9:3
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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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Psalm 137:1
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Psalm 137
Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem
1 By the rivers of Babylon—
there we sat down, and there we wept
when we remembered Zion.(A)
Psalm 137:1
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Psalm 137:1
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Ezra 10:1
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Ezra 10:1
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The People’s Response
10 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him out of Israel; the people also wept bitterly.(A)
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Ezra 10:1
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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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Psalm 102:13-14
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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to favor it;
the appointed time has come.(A)
14 For your servants hold its stones dear
and have pity on its dust.
Psalm 69:9-10
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Psalm 69:9-10
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9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me;
the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.(A)
10 When I humbled my soul with fasting,[a]
they insulted me for doing so.(B)
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- 69.10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept, with fasting my soul, or I made my soul mourn with fasting
Psalm 69:9-10
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Psalm 69:9-10
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Nehemiah 2:4
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.(A)
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Nehemiah 2:4
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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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Romans 12:15
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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
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Romans 12:15
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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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Zephaniah 3:18
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18 as on a day of festival.”[a]
I will remove disaster from you,[b]
so that you will not bear reproach for it.
Zephaniah 3:18
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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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Daniel 2:18
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18 and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.(A)
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Daniel 2:18
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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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Ezra 9:3
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3 When I heard this, I tore my garment and my mantle and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.(A)
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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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Ezra 5:11-12
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11 This was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.(A) 12 But because our ancestors had angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried away the people to Babylonia.(B)
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Ezra 5:11-12
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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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Jonah 1:9
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9 “I am a Hebrew,” he replied. “I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”(A)
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Jonah 1:9
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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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