Ezra 8:21

Read in context

Ezra 8:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 also Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

20 They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.

21 And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

22 For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.

Hebrew words

Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Study Ezra 8:21

Read the commentary on Ezra 8

Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Judges 20:26

Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

1 Samuel 7:6

When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

Joel 1:14

Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

Joel 2:12

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

Joel 2:13

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Joel 2:14

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

Joel 2:15

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

Joel 2:17

Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

Joel 2:18

Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

Jonah 3:5

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

Leviticus 16:29

This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—

Leviticus 16:31

It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

Leviticus 23:29

If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

Isaiah 58:5

Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Jeremiah 50:4

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

Psalms 5:8

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

Psalms 107:2

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

Psalms 107:3

and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

Psalms 107:4

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

Psalms 107:5

They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

Psalms 107:6

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Psalms 107:7

He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

Psalms 107:8

Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

Psalms 143:8

Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

Psalms 143:9

Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.

Psalms 143:10

Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Proverbs 3:6

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Isaiah 30:21

And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

Isaiah 35:8

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 49:10

They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

Numbers 14:3

Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

Numbers 14:31

But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.

Psalms 8:2

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Mark 10:13

Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Mark 10:15

Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Mark 10:16

And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

Acts 2:39

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”