Ezra 8:21

Translations

Modern

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Traditional

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Literal

And I proclaimed there a fast at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before the face of our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and for our little ones and for all our possessions.

Latin

Et prædicavi ibi jejunium juxta fluvium Ahava, ut affligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro, et peteremus ab eo viam rectam nobis et filiis nostris, universæque substantiæ nostræ.

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Hebrew

English

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Notes

Ezra 8:21

a fast, so that we might humble ourselves: Ezra saw the need to ask God for protection, safety, and health for 5,000 people walking 800 miles. Robbers might hide in the hills, crossing rivers was dangerous, and people could get sick.

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Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
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Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Isaiah 30:21
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
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And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
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This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
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Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
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Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
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If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
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“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
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Places

Ahava: A place where Ezra assembled the returning exiles

Glossary

Ahava Book of Ezra Fast, Fasting First Book of Esdras

Topics

Ahava: A River of Babylon Answers To Prayer: Ezra Blessing: Temporal Blessings, Prayer For: Ezra Children: Worship, Attend Divine Ezra: A Famous Scribe and Priest: Appoints a Fast Fasting in Babylon, with Prayer for Divine Deliverance and Guidance Fasting: National Exemplified: Israel Fasting: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Hand of God Humiliation and Self-Affliction: Enjoined Prayer: Answered: The Jews, Returning from the Captivity

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