David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
Nehemiah 1:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of the heavens. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven, American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, Common English Bible When I heard this news, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when I had heard these words I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven. |
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
For Solomon had made a bronze platform 2.25 metres long, 2.25 metres wide, and 1.35 metres high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands towards heaven.
This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.
While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling face down before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.
At the evening offering, I got up from my time of humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God.
I gave them this reply, ‘The God of the heavens is the one who will grant us success. We, his servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.’
Then the king asked me, ‘What is your request? ’ So I prayed to the God of the heavens
urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
He answered them, ‘I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.’
I will gather those who have been driven from the appointed festivals; they will be a tribute from you and a reproach on her.