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Daniel 10:2

Daniel
GriefFasting

1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

3 I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

4 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.
KJV
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
WEB
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
ASV
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
DARBY
In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks:
BLB
In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning [for] three weeks of days.
ÅB
På den tid hadde jeg, Daniel, sørget i tre uker;
OTB
I den perioden sørget jeg, Daniel, i tre hele uker.
B1930
På den tid hadde jeg, Daniel, sørget i tre uker;

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  • Nehemiah 1:4

    When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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  • Daniel 9:24–27

    Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

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  • Ezra 9:4–5

    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

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  • Revelation 11:5

    If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

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  • Psalms 43:2

    For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

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  • Psalms 42:9

    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

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  • Romans 9:2

    I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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  • Jeremiah 9:1

    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

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