Daniel 9:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then, to show my sorrow, I went without eating and dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes. I confessed my sins and earnestly prayed to the LORD my God: Our Lord, you are a great and fearsome God, and you faithfully keep your agreement with those who love and obey you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

So David went without eating to show his sorrow, and he begged God to make the boy well. David would not sleep on his bed, but spent each night lying on the floor.

Ezra 10:6

Then Ezra left God's temple and went to spend the night in the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He felt sorry for what the people had done, and he did not eat or drink a thing.

Ezra 8:21

Beside the River Ahava, I asked the people to go without eating and to pray. We humbled ourselves and asked God to bring us and our children safely to Jerusalem with all our possessions.

Ezra 9:5

At the time of the evening sacrifice, I was still sitting there in sorrow with my clothes all torn. So I got down on my knees, then lifted my arms,

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month, the people of Israel went without eating, and they dressed in sackcloth and threw dust on their heads to show their sorrow.

Esther 4:16

“Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die.”

Job 42:6

That's why I hate myself and sit here in dust and ashes to show my sorrow.

Psalm 35:13

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth and went without food. I truly prayed for them,

Isaiah 22:12

When all this happened, the LORD All-Powerful told you to weep and mourn, to shave your heads, and wear sackcloth.

Jeremiah 33:3

Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.

Ezekiel 36:37

I will once again answer your prayers, and I will let your nation grow until you are like a large flock of sheep.

Daniel 6:10

Daniel heard about the law, but when he returned home, he went upstairs and prayed in front of the window that faced Jerusalem. In the same way that he had always done, he knelt down in prayer three times a day, giving thanks to God.

Daniel 9:20

I was still confessing my sins and those of all Israel to the LORD my God, and I was praying for the good of his holy mountain,

Joel 1:13

Mourn, you priests who serve at the altar of my God. Spend your days and nights wearing sackcloth. Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the LORD's temple.

Joel 2:12

The LORD said: It isn't too late. You can still return to me with all your heart. Start crying and mourning! Go without eating.

Jonah 3:5

They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth.

Luke 2:37

And now she was eighty-four years old. Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius answered: Four days ago at about three o'clock in the afternoon I was praying at home. Suddenly a man in bright clothes stood in front of me.