Verse 9
Now it came to pass in the fifth{H2549} year{H8141} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} in the ninth{H8671} month,{H2320} that all the people{H5971} in Jerusalem,{H3389} and all the people{H5971} that came{H935} from the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} unto Jerusalem,{H3389} proclaimed{H7121} a fast{H6685} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068}
Referenced Verses
- 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 And Jehoshaphat{H3092} feared,{H3372} and set{H5414} himself{H6440} to seek{H1875} unto Jehovah;{H3068} and he proclaimed{H7121} a fast{H6685} throughout{H5921} all Judah.{H3063}
- Esth 4:16 : 16 Go,{H3212} gather together{H3664} all the Jews{H3064} that are present{H4672} in Shushan,{H7800} and fast{H6684} ye for me, and neither eat{H398} nor drink{H8354} three{H7969} days,{H3117} night{H3915} or day:{H3117} I also and my maidens{H5291} will fast{H6684} in like manner; and so{H3651} will I go{H935} in unto the king,{H4428} which is not according to the law:{H1881} and if I perish,{H6} I perish.{H6}
- Jer 36:22 : 22 Now the king{H4428} was sitting{H3427} in the winter-house{H1004} in the ninth{H8671} month:{H2320} and [there was a fire in] the brazier{H254} burning{H1197} before{H6440} him.
- Jonah 3:5 : 5 And the people{H582} of Nineveh{H5210} believed{H539} God;{H430} and they proclaimed{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and put{H3847} on sackcloth,{H8242} from the greatest{H1419} of them even to the least{H6996} of them.
- Zech 7:5-6 : 5 Speak{H559} unto all the people{H5971} of the land,{H776} and to the priests,{H3548} saying,{H559} When ye fasted{H6684} and mourned{H5594} in the fifth{H2549} and in the seventh{H7637} [month], even these seventy{H7657} years,{H8141} did ye at all{H6684} fast{H6684} unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye eat,{H398} and when ye drink,{H8354} do not ye eat{H398} for yourselves, and drink{H8354} for yourselves?
- Zech 8:19 : 19 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} The fast{H6685} of the fourth{H7243} [month], and the fast{H6685} of the fifth,{H2549} and the fast{H6685} of the seventh,{H7637} and the fast{H6685} of the tenth,{H6224} shall be to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} joy{H8342} and gladness,{H8057} and cheerful{H2896} feasts;{H4150} therefore love{H157} truth{H571} and peace.{H7965}
- Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird{H2296} yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament,{H5594} ye priests;{H3548} wail,{H3213} ye ministers{H8334} of the altar;{H4196} come,{H935} lie all night{H3885} in sackcloth,{H8242} ye ministers{H8334} of my God:{H430} for the meal-offering{H4503} and the drink-offering{H5262} are withholden{H4513} from the house{H1004} of your God.{H430}
- Joel 2:12-17 : 12 Yet even now, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} turn{H7725} ye unto me with all your heart,{H3824} and with fasting,{H6685} and with weeping,{H1065} and with mourning:{H4553} 13 and rend{H7167} your heart,{H3824} and not your garments,{H899} and turn{H7725} unto Jehovah{H3068} your God;{H430} for he is gracious{H2587} and merciful,{H7349} slow{H750} to anger,{H639} and abundant{H7227} in lovingkindness,{H2617} and repenteth{H5162} him of the evil.{H7451} 14 Who knoweth{H3045} whether he will not turn{H7725} and repent,{H5162} and leave{H7604} a blessing{H1293} behind{H310} him, even a meal-offering{H4503} and a drink-offering{H5262} unto Jehovah{H3068} your God?{H430} 15 Blow{H8628} the trumpet{H7782} in Zion,{H6726} sanctify{H6942} a fast,{H6685} call{H7121} a solemn assembly;{H6116} 16 gather{H622} the people,{H5971} sanctify{H6942} the assembly,{H6951} assemble{H6908} the old{H2205} men, gather{H622} the children,{H5768} and those that suck{H3243} the breasts;{H7699} let the bridegroom{H2860} go forth{H3318} from his chamber,{H2315} and the bride{H3618} out of her closet.{H2646} 17 Let the priests,{H3548} the ministers{H8334} of Jehovah,{H3068} weep{H1058} between the porch{H197} and the altar,{H4196} and let them say,{H559} Spare{H2347} thy people,{H5971} O Jehovah,{H3068} and give{H5414} not thy heritage{H5159} to reproach,{H2781} that the nations{H1471} should rule over{H4910} them: wherefore should they say{H559} among the peoples,{H5971} Where is their God?{H430}
- Isa 58:1-3 : 1 Cry{H7121} aloud,{H1627} spare{H2820} not, lift{H7311} up thy voice{H6963} like a trumpet,{H7782} and declare{H5046} unto my people{H5971} their transgression,{H6588} and to the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290} their sins.{H2403} 2 Yet they seek{H1875} me daily,{H3117} and delight{H2654} to know{H1847} my ways:{H1870} as a nation{H1471} that did{H6213} righteousness,{H6666} and forsook{H5800} not the ordinance{H4941} of their God,{H430} they ask{H7592} of me righteous{H4941} judgments;{H6664} they delight{H2654} to draw near{H7132} unto God.{H430} 3 Wherefore have we fasted,{H6684} [say they], and thou seest{H7200} not? [wherefore] have we afflicted{H6031} our soul,{H5315} and thou takest no knowledge?{H3045} Behold, in the day{H3117} of your fast{H6685} ye find{H4672} [your own] pleasure,{H2656} and exact{H5065} all your labors.{H6092}
- Jer 36:1 : 1 And it came to pass in the fourth{H7243} year{H8141} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} that this word{H1697} came unto Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}
- Neh 9:1 : 1 Now in the twenty{H6242} and fourth{H702} day{H3117} of this month{H2320} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were assembled{H622} with fasting,{H6685} and with sackcloth,{H8242} and earth{H127} upon them.
- Lev 23:27 : 27 Howbeit{H389} on the tenth{H6218} day of this seventh{H7637} month{H2320} is the day{H3117} of atonement:{H3725} it shall be a holy{H6944} convocation{H4744} unto you, and ye shall afflict{H6031} your souls;{H5315} and ye shall offer{H7126} an offering made by fire{H801} unto Jehovah.{H3068}