Ezra 8:21; Jeremiah 36:9; Jonah 3:5; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15

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Ezra 8:21

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 iThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river jAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, kto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.


Jeremiah 36:9

rIn the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, sin the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem tproclaimed a fast before the Lord.


Jonah 3:5

mAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. nThey called for a fast and oput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.


Joel 1:14

14  zConsecrate a fast;

zcall a solemn assembly.

Gather athe elders

and aall the inhabitants of the land

to the house of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.


Joel 2:15

15  rBlow the trumpet in Zion;

sconsecrate a fast;

call a solemn assembly;