 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1850 - 570 pages
...as Nehemiah received intelligence of the deplorable state of Jerusalem and of the people there, " he sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." He then made application to the king of Babylon for leave to go and repair the city of his fathers'... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Prayer - 1851 - 396 pages
...extend; Preserved by thee for ages past, For ages let thy kindness last 1 NEHEMIAH. PRAYER OF NEHEMIAH. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that...days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, &c.— Nehaniah i. 4—11. WE have had occasion, in a previous page, to notice the successful expedition... | |
 | Free Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1851 - 488 pages
...acknowledge us not : thou, 0 Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. Neh. i. 4. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that...days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, Ver. 5. And said, I beseech thee, 0 Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - Bible - 1852 - 528 pages
...Jerusalem was broken down, its gates burned, and its inhabitants " in great affliction and reproach." He " sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven," bewailing the sins by which perverse Israel had estranged his love, pleading his promise made to Moses,... | |
 | 1852 - 174 pages
...trespasses ; for we cannot stand before thee because of this. — Ezra ix. 6 — 15. I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments : Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open that... | |
 | Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...reproach : the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 1[ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that...before the God of heaven, 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LOUD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love... | |
 | Elisha Yale - Bible - 1853 - 270 pages
...seek by prayer and supplication, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: WEDNESDAY. — Neh. i. 4. — And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that...days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, THURSDAY. — Col. i. 9. — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1853 - 540 pages
...for me, -when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth ; I humbled my soul with fasting." Neh. i. 4. "it came to pass when I heard these words that I sat...and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." Dan. ix. 3. " I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 540 pages
...for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth ; I humbled my soul with fasting." Neh. i. 4. "it came to pass when I heard these words that I sat...and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." Dan. ix. 3. "I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 544 pages
...for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth ; I humbled my soul with fasting." Neb., i. 4. "it came to pass when I heard these words that I sat...and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven." Dan. ix. 3. " I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and... | |
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And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven... 
