1 Samuel 7:6

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Summary

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

Drew water

Fasted

Joel 2:12

We have sinned

General references

Ecclesiastes 9:17

Bible References

Drew water

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.

We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished.

My friends scoff at me
as I weep before God.

I am weary from my groaning;
with my tears I dampen my pillow
and drench my bed every night.

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”

My eyes pour out streams of tears
because people do not follow Your instruction.

If my head were a spring of water,

my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear people.

כ KafMy eyes are worn out from weeping;
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief

because of the destruction of my dear people,
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.

ע AyinMy eyes overflow unceasingly,
without end,

Fasted

Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah,

I proclaimed a fast by the Ahava River, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us, our children, and all our possessions.

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Even now—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

We have sinned

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against You. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”

and when they come to their senses
in the land where they were deported
and repent and petition You in their captors’ land:
“We have sinned and done wrong;
we have been wicked,”

At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God.

He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength in my bones
because of my sin.

Both we and our fathers have sinned;
we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.

Only acknowledge your guilt—
you have rebelled against the Lord your God.
You have scattered your favors to strangers
under every green tree
and have not obeyed My voice.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

After I returned, I repented;
After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief.
I was ashamed and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”

I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

General references

The calm words of the wise are heeded
more than the shouts of a ruler over fools.