Then everyonewho trembledat the wordsof the Godof Israelon accountof the unfaithfulnessof the exilesgatheredto me, and I satappalleduntilthe eveningoffering.
"Becauseyour heartwas tenderand you humbledyourselfbeforeGodwhen you heardHis wordsagainstthisplaceand againstits inhabitants,and [because] you humbledyourselfbeforeMe, toreyour clothesand weptbeforeMe, I trulyhave heardyou," declaresthe LORD.
"So nowlet us makea covenantwith our Godto putawayallthe wivesand their children,according to the counselof my lordand of those who trembleat the commandmentof our God;and let it be doneaccording to the law.
So allthe menof Judahand Benjaminassembledat Jerusalemwithin the threedays.It was the ninthmonthon the twentiethof the month,and allthe peoplesatin the opensquare[before] the houseof God,tremblingbecauseof this matterand the heavy rain.
My eyesshedstreamsof water,Becausethey do not keepYour law.Tsadhe.
"The onelambyou shall offerin the morningand the otherlambyou shall offerat twilight;
"The otherlambyou shall offerat twilight,and shall offerwith it the same grain offeringand the same drinkofferingas in the morning,for a soothingaroma,an offeringby fireto the LORD.
"For My handmadeallthesethings,Thus allthesethingscameinto being,"declaresthe LORD."But to thisoneI will look,To him whois humbleand contriteof spirit,and whotremblesat My word.
Hearthe wordof the LORD,you whotrembleat His word:"Your brotherswho hateyou, who excludeyou for My name'ssake,Have said,'Let the LORDbe glorified,that we may seeyour joy.'But they will be putto shame.
The LORDsaidto him, "Gothrough the midstof the city,[even] through the midstof Jerusalem,and puta markon the foreheadsof the menwho sighand groanoverallthe abominationswhich are being committedin its midst."
In thosedays,I, Daniel,had beenmourningfor threeentireweeks.
whileI was stillspeakingin prayer,then the manGabriel,whomI had seenin the visionpreviously,cameto me in [my] extremewearinessabout the timeof the eveningoffering.
Then behold,oneof the sonsof Israelcameand broughtto his relativesa Midianitewoman,in the sightof Mosesand in the sightof allthe congregationof the sonsof Israel,while they were weepingat the doorwayof the tentof meeting.
NowPeterand Johnwere goingup to the templeat the ninth[hour], the hourof prayer.
