Nehemiah 1:4

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Summary

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

I sat down

Bible References

I sat down

And the messenger answered and said, Israel fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God was taken.

Now as Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; and the people wept very sore.

For the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

And I turned my face unto the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, in fasting and sackcloth, and ashes:

I will gather those that are weary because of the long time, who are thine, unto whom her confusion was a burden.

Rejoice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weep.