Ezra 8:21
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.
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.
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.
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I proclaimed
- Judges 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:12–18; Jonah 3:5
- afflict ourselves
- Leviticus 16:29, 31; Leviticus 23:29; Isaiah 58:3, 5; Jeremiah 31:8, 9; Jeremiah 50:4, 5
- to seek
- Psalm 5:8; Psalm 107:2–8; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 3:6; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 49:10; Jeremiah 10:23
- for our little ones
- Numbers 14:3, 31; Psalm 8:2; Mark 10:13–16; Acts 2:39