Verse 4

And it came to pass, when I heard{H8085}{(H8800)} these words{H1697}, that I sat down{H3427}{(H8804)} and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}, and mourned{H56}{(H8691)} certain days{H3117}, and fasted{H6684}{(H8802)}, and prayed{H6419}{(H8693)} before{H6440} the God{H430} of heaven{H8064},

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 2:4 : 4 Then the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, For what dost thou make request{H1245}{(H8764)}? So I prayed{H6419}{(H8691)} to the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}.
  • Ps 137:1 : 1 By the rivers{H5104} of Babylon{H894}, there we sat down{H3427}{(H8804)}, yea, we wept{H1058}{(H8804)}, when we remembered{H2142}{(H8800)} Zion{H6726}.
  • Ezra 10:1 : 1 Now when Ezra{H5830} had prayed{H6419}{(H8692)}, and when he had confessed{H3034}{(H8692)}, weeping{H1058}{(H8802)} and casting himself down{H5307}{(H8693)} before{H6440} the house{H1004} of God{H430}, there assembled{H6908}{(H8738)} unto him out of Israel{H3478} a very{H3966} great{H7227} congregation{H6951} of men{H582} and women{H802} and children{H3206}: for the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8804)} very{H7235}{(H8687)} sore{H1059}.
  • Dan 2:18 : 18 That they would desire{H1156}{(H8749)} mercies{H7359} of{H4481}{H6925} the God{H426} of heaven{H8065} concerning{H5922} this{H1836} secret{H7328}; that Daniel{H1841} and his fellows{H2269} should not{H3809} perish{H7}{(H8681)} with{H5974} the rest{H7606} of the wise{H2445} men of Babylon{H895}.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set{H5414}{(H8799)} my face{H6440} unto the Lord{H136} God{H430}, to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} by prayer{H8605} and supplications{H8469}, with fasting{H6685}, and sackcloth{H8242}, and ashes{H665}:
  • Jonah 1:9 : 9 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, I am an Hebrew{H5680}; and I fear{H3373} the LORD{H3068}, the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, which hath made{H6213}{(H8804)} the sea{H3220} and the dry{H3004} land.
  • Zeph 3:18 : 18 I will gather{H622}{(H8804)} them that are sorrowful{H3013}{(H8737)} for the solemn assembly{H4150}, who are of thee, to whom the reproach{H2781} of it was a burden{H4864}.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice{G5463}{(G5721)} with{G3326} them that do rejoice{G5463}{(G5723)}, and{G2532} weep{G2799}{(G5721)} with{G3326} them that weep{G2799}{(G5723)}.
  • Ps 69:9-9 : 9 For the zeal{H7068} of thine house{H1004} hath eaten me up{H398}{H8804)}; and the reproaches{H2781} of them that reproached{H2778}{H8802)} thee are fallen{H5307}{H8804)} upon me. 10 When I wept{H1058}{H8799)}, and chastened my soul{H5315} with fasting{H6685}, that was to my reproach{H2781}.
  • Ps 102:13-14 : 13 Thou shalt arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, and have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon Zion{H6726}: for the time{H6256} to favour{H2603}{(H8800)} her, yea, the set time{H4150}, is come{H935}{(H8804)}. 14 For thy servants{H5650} take pleasure{H7521}{(H8804)} in her stones{H68}, and favour{H2603}{(H8779)} the dust{H6083} thereof.
  • 1 Sam 4:17-22 : 17 And the messenger{H1319}{(H8764)} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Israel{H3478} is fled{H5127}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the Philistines{H6430}, and there hath been also a great{H1419} slaughter{H4046} among the people{H5971}, and thy two{H8147} sons{H1121} also, Hophni{H2652} and Phinehas{H6372}, are dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, and the ark{H727} of God{H430} is taken{H3947}{(H8738)}. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention{H2142}{(H8687)} of the ark{H727} of God{H430}, that he fell{H5307}{(H8799)} from off the seat{H3678} backward{H322} by{H1157} the side{H3027} of the gate{H8179}, and his neck{H4665} brake{H7665}{(H8735)}, and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}: for he was an old{H2204}{(H8804)} man{H376}, and heavy{H3513}{(H8804)}. And he had judged{H8199}{(H8804)} Israel{H3478} forty{H705} years{H8141}. 19 And his daughter in law{H3618}, Phinehas{H6372}' wife{H802}, was with child{H2030}, near to be delivered{H3205}{(H8800)}: and when she heard{H8085}{(H8799)} the tidings{H8052} that{H413} the ark{H727} of God{H430} was taken{H3947}{(H8736)}, and that her father in law{H2524} and her husband{H376} were dead{H4191}{(H8804)}, she bowed{H3766}{(H8799)} herself and travailed{H3205}{(H8799)}; for her pains{H6735} came{H2015}{(H8738)} upon her. 20 And about the time{H6256} of her death{H4191}{(H8800)} the women that stood{H5324}{(H8737)} by her said{H1696}{(H8762)} unto her, Fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not; for thou hast born{H3205}{(H8804)} a son{H1121}. But she answered{H6030}{(H8804)} not, neither did she regard{H7896}{(H8804)}{H3820} it. 21 And she named{H7121}{(H8799)} the child{H5288} Ichabod{H350}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The glory{H3519} is departed{H1540}{(H8804)} from Israel{H3478}: because{H413} the ark{H727} of God{H430} was taken{H3947}{(H8736)}, and because of her father in law{H2524} and her husband{H376}. 22 And she said{H559}{(H8799)}, The glory{H3519} is departed{H1540}{(H8804)} from Israel{H3478}: for the ark{H727} of God{H430} is taken{H3947}{(H8738)}.
  • Ezra 5:11-12 : 11 And thus{H3660} they returned{H8421}{(H8684)} us answer{H6600}, saying{H560}{(H8749)}, We{H586} are{H1994} the servants{H5649} of the God{H426} of heaven{H8065} and earth{H772}, and build{H1124}{(H8750)} the house{H1005} that was{H1934}{(H8754)} builded{H1124}{(H8752)} these{H1836} many{H7690} years{H8140} ago{H6928}, which a great{H7229} king{H4430} of Israel{H3479} builded{H1124}{(H8754)} and set up{H3635}{(H8806)}. 12 But{H3861} after{H4481} that our fathers{H2} had provoked{H7265} the God{H426} of heaven{H8065} unto wrath{H7265}{(H8684)}, he gave{H3052}{(H8754)} them{H1994} into the hand{H3028} of Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} of Babylon{H895}, the Chaldean{H3679}, who destroyed{H5642}{(H8754)} this{H1836} house{H1005}, and carried{H1541} the people{H5972} away{H1541}{(H8684)} into Babylon{H895}.
  • Ezra 9:3 : 3 And when I heard{H8085}{(H8800)} this thing{H1697}, I rent{H7167}{(H8804)} my garment{H899} and my mantle{H4598}, and plucked off{H4803}{(H8799)} the hair{H8181} of my head{H7218} and of my beard{H2206}, and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} astonied{H8074}{(H8789)}.