Nehemiah 1:4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Nehemiah’s Prayer

⁴When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying^(A) before the God of heaven.^(B)

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Job 2:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.^[a]^(A)

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Footnotes

Job 2:8 This custom demonstrated mourning.

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Isaiah 61:3

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³to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,^(A)
and splendid clothes instead of despair.^[a]
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.^(B)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 61:3 Lit a dim spirit

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Luke 10:13

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Unrepentant Towns

¹³“Woe^(A) to you,^(B) Chorazin!^(C) Woe to you, Bethsaida!^(D) For if the miracles^(E) that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,^(F) they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!^(G)