Ezra 8:21

Ezra Proclaims A Fast

²⁰ Of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named. ²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. ²² I would not make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might attack us on the way. We said to the king: The hand (power) (protection) of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who have turned away from him.

For Us

Little Ones

Proclaimed a Fast

Ahava

Ezra

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was frightened and decided to ask for Jehovah's help. He announced a fast throughout Judah.

Psalm 5:8

O Jehovah, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight in my presence.

Leviticus 16:29

The following regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month the Israelites and the foreigners living among them must fast and must not do any work.

Leviticus 23:29

Those who do not humble themselves on that day will be excluded from the people.

1 Samuel 7:6

The Israelites gathered at Mizpah. They drew some water, poured it out in front of Jehovah and fasted that day. They confessed: We have sinned against Jehovah. So Samuel judged Israel in Mizpah.

Ezra 8:15

I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava. We were there in tents for three days. And after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.

Isaiah 58:3

Why have we fasted and you do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and you do not notice? Behold, on the day of your fast you find desire, and mistreat all your workers.'

Isaiah 58:5

Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed (rush) and for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Jehovah?

Leviticus 16:31

That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come.

Numbers 14:3

Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land? Is it just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

Numbers 14:31

You said your children would be taken as prisoners of war. Instead, I will bring them into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.

Judges 20:26

The people of Israel went up to Bethel and mourned. They sat there in Jehovah's presence and fasted until evening. They offered fellowship sacrifices and burned some sacrifices whole in the presence of Jehovah.

Ezra 8:31

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us. He gave us salvation from our enemies and those who were waiting to attack us on the way.

Psalm 8:2

From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents to silence the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 107:2-8

Let the redeemed by Jehovah say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

Psalm 143:8-10

Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge (recognize) Him and He will make your paths straight.

Isaiah 30:21

You will hear a voice behind you say: This is the way. Walk in it, whether it turns to the right or to the left.

Isaiah 35:8

There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.

Isaiah 49:10

They will never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

Jeremiah 10:23

O Jehovah, I know that humans are not able to govern their own lives. Humans cannot administer their own steps.

Jeremiah 31:8-9

I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

In those days and at that time, declares Jehovah, the sons of Israel will come. Both they and the sons of Judah will go along weeping as they go. They will seek Jehovah their God.

Joel 1:14

Sanctify a fast! Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the House of Jehovah your God. Call out to Jehovah.

Joel 2:12-18

Even now, said Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning!

Jonah 3:5

The people of Nineveh believed God and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

Mark 10:13-16

People were bringing little children to him so he could touch them. His disciples turned them away.

Acts 2:39

The promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as Jehovah our God calls. (Micah 4:5) (Deuteronomy 6:4)