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

Then the messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before [the] Philistines. There has been a great defeat among the troops. Also, your two sons have died, Hophni and Phinehas, and the ark of God has been captured."

While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children from Israel gathered to him. And the people wept bitterly.

because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.

You rise up and take pity on Zion, because [it is] time to favor it, for [the] appointed time has come.

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

Then I turned my face to the Lord God to seek [him] [by] prayer and pleas for mercy, in fasting and [in] sackcloth and ashes.

I will gather those of you grieving on account of the feast; they were raising against her a reproach.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.