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

The messenger answered: Israel ran away from the Philistines. It was a great slaughter and a terrible defeat for us! Besides that, your sons Hophni and Phinehas were killed, and God's Ark of the Covenant was captured!

While Ezra was saying his prayer and his confession of wrongdoing he wept and fell down before the house of God. A very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together around him, for the people were weeping bitterly.

Zeal for your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

You will arise and have compassion on Zion. It is time to be gracious to her for the appointed time has come.

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts. They came from Jerusalem. The reproach of exile is a burden to them.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.