3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-3)We have here a general account of a public fast which the children of Israel kept, probably by order from Nehemiah, by and with the advice and consent of the chief of the fathers. It was a fast that men appointed, but such a fast as God had chosen ; for, 1. It was a day to afflict the soul , Isa. 58:5. Probably they assembled in the courts of the temple, and they there appeared in sackcloth and in...
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