And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance.
Numbers 29:7 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and venerable unto you: and you shall afflict your souls. You shall do no servile work therein. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy [summoned] assembly; [it is the great Day of Atonement, a day of humiliation] and you shall humble and abase yourselves; you shall not do any work in it. American Standard Version (1901) And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work; Common English Bible The tenth day of this seventh month will be a holy occasion for you. You will deny yourselves and not do any work. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, the tenth day of this seventh month shall be for you holy and venerable, and you shall afflict your souls. You shall do no servile work in it. English Standard Version 2016 “On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work, |
And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance.
There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast out, and could not stand.
And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping and to mourning: to baldness and to girding with sackcloth.
And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.
To speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: Must I weep in the fifth month, or must I sanctify myself as I have now done for many years?
No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
And when much time was spent, and when sailing now was dangerous, because the fast was now past, Paul comforted them,
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, to the end that we may serve sin no longer.
But I chastise my body, and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway.