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 is fled before the Philistines, and there is a great slaughter chanced among the people, and thy two sons Hophni and Phinehas are dead, and thereto the ark of God is taken."

And when Ezra prayed after this manner, and knowledged, wept, and lay before the house of God, there resorted unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: For the people wept very sore.

For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me; and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee is fallen upon me.

Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

By the waters of Babylon we sat down; and wept, when we remembered Zion.

and I turned me unto God the LORD, for to pray and make mine intercession, with fasting, sack cloth and ashes.

Such as have been in heaviness, will I gather together, and take out of thy congregation: as for the shame and reproof that hath been laid upon thee, it shall be far from thee.

Be merry with them that are merry. Weep with them that weep.