Y’all must sanctify a fast. Y’all must call a solemn assembly. Y’all gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of YHWH, your* God, and cry to YHWH.
if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek YHWH, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to YHWH, the God of their fathers.
Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, and for all our possessions.