Ezra 8:21-23

Then I proclaimed
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a fast
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there, at the river
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of Ahava
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that we might afflict
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ourselves before
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our God
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to seek
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of him a right
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way
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for us, and for our little ones
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and for all our substance
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For I was ashamed
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to require
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of the king
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a band of soldiers
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and horsemen
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to help
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us against the enemy
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in the way
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because we had spoken
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unto the king
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saying
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The hand
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of our God
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[is] upon all them for good
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that seek
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him; but his power
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and his wrath
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[is] against all them that forsake
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him.

So we fasted
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and besought
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our God
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for this: and he was intreated
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of us.