PUNISHMENT, PITY AND PARDON
“And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our...
CONSEQUENCES OF SIN
“Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been...
SEEKING GOD'S WAY
“Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for...
EZRA'S CONSECRATION
“For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel" (Ezra 7:10...
HOUSE OF GOD PLANS
“In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: "Let the house be rebuilt, the...
IN TROUBLE WITH GOD
“But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean,...
SETTING UP THE ALTAR
“Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered burnt...
GIVING
“And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock,...
NO EXCUSE
“And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion...
ROYAL PERFORMANCE
“For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he...
