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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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Jonah 3:5
And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;
Ezra 8:21
And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,
Joel 2:15
Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, Sanctify a fast -- proclaim a restraint.
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Joel 1:18
How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
Romans 8:20
for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject it -- in hope,
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Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,
Acts 9:9
and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.