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This Day Is Holy

Then Nehemiah, who was the [a](A)governor, and Ezra (B)the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who provided the people with understanding, said to all the people, “(C)This day is holy to Yahweh your God; (D)do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

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  1. Nehemiah 8:9 Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title

13 Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the (A)end of joy may be grief.

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25 Woe to you who [a]are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:25 Lit having been filled