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Dan. 9:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andp I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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Neh. 1:4• ⁴{i}And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that{/i} I sat down, and mourned certain days and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. (Neh. 1:4)

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Jer. 29:10‑13• ¹⁰For thus saith Jehovah, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:10‑13)

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Dan. 6:10• ¹⁰{i}And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.{/i} (Dan. 6:10)

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Neh. 1:4‑11• ⁴{i}And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that{/i} I sat down, and mourned certain days and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.
⁵{i}and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.{/i}
⁶{i}Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which w{/i}e have sinned against Thee, both I and my father's house have sinned{i}.:{/i}
⁷{i}We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.{/i}
⁸{i}Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;{/i}
⁹{i}but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.{/i}
¹¹{i}O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.{/i} (Neh. 1:4‑11)

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Psa. 102:13‑17• ¹³{i}Thou{/i} wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come.
¹⁴For thy servants take pleasure in her stones{HR}And are gracious to her dust.
¹⁵And nations shall fear Jehovah's name,{HR}And all kings of the earth thy glory.
¹⁶For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory,
¹⁷He turned unto the prayer of the destitute one,{HR}And despised not their prayer. (Psa. 102:13‑17)

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Jer. 29:10‑13• ¹⁰For thus saith Jehovah, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:10‑13)

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Jer. 33:3• ³call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. (Jer. 33:3)

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Ezek. 36:37• ³⁷Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. (Ezek. 36:37)

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James 5:16‑18• ¹⁶Confess therefore your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous [one's] supplication hath much power if it work.
¹⁷Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed prayerfully that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.
¹⁸And he prayed again; and the heaven gave rain, and the earth sprouted forth its fruit. (James 5:16‑18)

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Dan. 10:2‑3• ²{i}In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks:{/i}
³{i}I ate no pleasant bread{/i}, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. (Dan. 10:2‑3)

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Ezra 8:21• ²¹I 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. (Ezra 8:21)

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Ezra 9:5• ⁵And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God, (Ezra 9:5)

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Ezra 10:6• ⁶Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. (Ezra 10:6)

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Neh. 1:4• ⁴{i}And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that{/i} I sat down, and mourned certain days and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. (Neh. 1:4)

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Neh. 9:1• ¹In the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, {i}and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.{/i} (Neh. 9:1)

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Esther 4:1‑3,16• ¹And when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry:
²and he came even before the king's gate; for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
³And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandments and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
¹⁶Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. (Esther 4:1‑3,16)

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Psa. 35:13• ¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my garment [was] sackcloth:{HR}I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returneth into my bosom. (Psa. 35:13)

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Psa. 69:10‑11• ¹⁰And I wept [away] my soul in fasting;{HR}And it was for reproaches to me.
¹¹When I made my clothing sackcloth,{HR}I too was to them for a proverb. (Psa. 69:10‑11)

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Isa. 22:12• ¹²And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth; (Isa. 22:12)

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Joel 1:13• ¹³{i}Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.{/i} (Joel 1:13)

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Joel 2:12• ¹²Therefore also now, saith Jehovah, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: (Joel 2:12)

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Jonah 3:6‑9• ⁶{i}And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.{/i}
⁷{i}And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;{/i}
⁸{i}and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.{/i}
⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (Jonah 3:6‑9)

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Luke 2:37• ³⁷{i}and{/i} she was a widow up to eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers. (Luke 2:37)

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Acts 10:30• ³⁰And Cornelius said, Four days ago till this hour I was fasting and the ninth [hour] praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing (Acts 10:30)

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James 4:8‑10• ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded.
⁹Sorrow, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned unto mourning, and [your] joy unto heaviness.
¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he will exalt you. (James 4:8‑10)

• {Daniel} might truly have been the mouthpiece of his fellow-captives in the well-known psalm, the authorship of which is not revealed...Psalm 137:5-6. (“Daniel 9” by E. Dennett)

• The effect of this discovery on Daniel was, in his unquenchable love for his people, to lead him to identify himself with their state, to confess their sins, and to intercede for their forgiveness and restoration. ; for he well knew that there must first be a work wrought in their souls to qualify them for returning to their own land and to their city. (“Daniel 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;

W. Kelly Translation

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And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)