Ezra 8 - NRSV & NASB

So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our pleading.

Bible verse of the day

The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
but destruction for evildoers.

You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah

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