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

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly.

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee have fallen upon me.

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come.

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

And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep.