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Nehemiah 9:1
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Nehemiah 9:1
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The People of Israel Confess Their Sin
9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of (A)this month the people of Israel were assembled (B)with fasting (C)and in sackcloth, (D)and with earth on their heads.
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Nehemiah 9:1
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Nehemiah 9:1
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The Israelites Confess Their Sins
9 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.(A)
Nehemiah 8:2
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Nehemiah 8:2
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2 So Ezra the priest (A)brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, (B)on the first day of the seventh month.
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Nehemiah 8:2
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Nehemiah 8:2
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2 So on the first day of the seventh month(A) Ezra the priest brought the Law(B) before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand.
Ezra 8:23
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Ezra 8:23
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23 So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.
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Ezra 8:23
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Ezra 8:23
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23 So we fasted(A) and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
Joshua 7:6
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Joshua 7:6
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6 Then Joshua (A)tore his clothes and (B)fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put (C)dust on their heads.
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Acts 13:2-3
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Acts 13:2-3
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Acts 13:2-3
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Acts 13:2-3
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1 Samuel 4:12
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1 Samuel 4:12
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The Death of Eli
12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, (A)with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
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1 Samuel 4:12
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1 Samuel 4:12
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Death of Eli
12 That same day a Benjamite(A) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust(B) on his head.
Jonah 3:5-8
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Jonah 3:5-8
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5 (A)And the people of Nineveh believed God. (B)They called for a fast and (C)put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
The People of Nineveh Repent
6 The word reached[a] the king of Nineveh, and (D)he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, (E)and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, (F)“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor (G)beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and (H)beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. (I)Let everyone turn from his evil way and from (J)the violence that is in his hands.
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- Jonah 3:6 Or had reached
Jonah 3:5-8
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Jonah 3:5-8
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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)
6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(B) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
Joel 2:15-17
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Joel 2:15-17
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15 (A)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
(B)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people.
(C)Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
(D)gather the children,
even nursing infants.
(E)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
17 (F)Between the (G)vestibule and the (H)altar
(I)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[a]
(J)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
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- Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them
Joel 2:15-17
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Joel 2:15-17
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15 Blow the trumpet(A) in Zion,(B)
declare a holy fast,(C)
call a sacred assembly.(D)
16 Gather the people,
consecrate(E) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(F)
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(G) leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who minister(H) before the Lord,
weep(I) between the portico and the altar.(J)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(K)
a byword(L) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?(M)’”
Joel 1:13-14
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Joel 1:13-14
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A Call to Repentance
13 (A)Put on sackcloth and lament, (B)O priests;
(C)wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, (D)pass the night in sackcloth,
(E)O ministers of my God!
(F)Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 (G)Consecrate a fast;
(H)call a solemn assembly.
Gather (I)the elders
and (J)all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
Joel 1:13-14
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Joel 1:13-14
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A Call to Lamentation
13 Put on sackcloth,(A) you priests, and mourn;
wail, you who minister(B) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(C)
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;(D)
call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
and all who live in the land(E)
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out(F) to the Lord.(G)
Isaiah 22:12
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Isaiah 22:12
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12 In that day (A)the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for (B)baldness and (C)wearing sackcloth;
Isaiah 22:12
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Isaiah 22:12
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Job 2:12
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Job 2:12
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12 And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they (A)tore their robes and sprinkled (B)dust on their heads toward heaven.
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Job 2:12
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Job 2:12
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12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(A) they began to weep aloud,(B) and they tore their robes(C) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(D)
Esther 4:16
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for (A)three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, (B)and if I perish, I perish.”[a]
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- Esther 4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed
Esther 4:16
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast(A) for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”(B)
Esther 4:3
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Esther 4:3
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3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, (A)with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them (B)lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Esther 4:3
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Esther 4:3
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3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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