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Daniel 9:3

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1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

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BSB
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
KJV
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
WEB
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
ASV
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
DARBY
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;
BLB
And I set my face toward the Lord God to seek [by] prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
ÅB
Da vendte jeg mitt ansikt til Gud Herren for å søke ham med bønn og ydmyke begjæringer under faste og i sekk og aske.
OTB
Så vendte jeg min oppmerksomhet til Herren Gud, og søkte Ham ved bønn og inderlig bønn, med faste, sekkestrie og aske.
B1930
Da vendte jeg mitt ansikt til Gud Herren for å søke ham med bønn og ydmyke begjæringer under faste og i sekk og aske.

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  • Jeremiah 29:10–13

    For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

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  • Jeremiah 33:3

    Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

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  • James 5:16–18

    Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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  • Nehemiah 1:4–11

    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,

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  • Esther 4:16

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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  • Ezra 10:6

    Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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  • James 4:8–10

    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

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  • Ezra 9:5

    And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

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