When I heard about these things, I sat down and wept. For several days I was very sad. I didn’t eat any food. And I prayed to the God of heaven.

我听见这话，就坐下哭泣，悲哀几日，在天上的神面前禁食祈祷，说：

我听见这话，就坐下哭泣，悲哀几日，在天上的上帝面前禁食祈祷，

我听见这话，就坐下哭泣，悲哀几日，在天上的神面前禁食祈祷，

我一听见这消息，就坐下痛哭，悲伤了好几天。我在天上的上帝面前禁食祷告，说：

我听见了这些事，就坐下哭泣，悲伤了好几天，在天上的神面前禁食祷告，

我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的神面前禁食祈禱，說：

我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的上帝面前禁食祈禱，

我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的神面前禁食祈禱，

我一聽見這消息，就坐下痛哭，悲傷了好幾天。我在天上的上帝面前禁食禱告，說：

我聽見了這些事，就坐下哭泣，悲傷了好幾天，在天上的神面前禁食禱告，

我聽見了這些話，就坐下來哭，悲哀了幾天；在天上的上帝面前禁食祈禱，

我聞之、坐而哭泣、悲哀數日、禁食、祈禱於天上上帝前、

我聞之、深以為憂、坐而哭泣、數日飲食俱廢。祈禱天上上帝、

我聞此言、乃坐而哭泣、悲哀數日、禁食禱於天上之天主前、曰、

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

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

When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

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

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

So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

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

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,

When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

So I prayed to the Lord God. I begged him. I made many appeals to him. I didn’t eat anything. I put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. And I sat down in ashes.

We were sitting by the rivers of Babylon. We wept when we remembered what had happened to Zion.

Ezra was praying and admitting to God that his people had sinned. He was weeping and throwing himself down in front of the house of God. Then a large crowd of Israelites gathered around him. Men, women and children were there. They too wept bitterly.

The king said to me,“ What do you want?” I prayed to the God of heaven.

My great love for your house destroys me. Those who make fun of you make fun of me also.When I weep and go without eating, they laugh at me.

Be joyful with those who are joyful. Be sad with those who are sad.

You will rise up and show deep concern for Zion. The time has come for you to help Zion.The stones of your destroyed city are priceless to us. Even its dust brings deep concern to us.

The man who brought the news replied,“ Israel ran away from the Philistines. Large numbers of men in the army were wounded or killed. Your two sons Hophni and Phinehas are also dead. And the ark of God has been captured.”When the man spoke about the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair. He had been sitting by the side of the gate. When he fell, he broke his neck and died. He was old and fat. He had led Israel for 40 years.The wife of Phinehas was pregnant. She was Eli’s daughter- in- law. It was near the time for her baby to be born. She heard the news that the ark of God had been captured. She heard that her father- in- law and her husband were dead. So she went into labor and had her baby. Her pain was more than she could bear.As she was dying, the women helping her spoke up. They said,“ Don’t be afraid. You have had a son.” But she didn’t reply. She didn’t pay any attention.She named the boy Ichabod. She said,“ The God of glory has left Israel.” She said it because the ark of God had been captured. She also said it because her father- in- law and her husband had died.She said,“ The God of glory has left Israel.” She said it because the ark of God had been captured.

The Lord says to his people,“ You used to celebrate my appointed feasts in Jerusalem. You are sad because you can’t do that anymore. Other people make fun of you because of that. That sadness was a heavy load for you to carry. But I will remove that load from you.

He answered,“ I’m a Hebrew. I worship the Lord. He is the God of heaven. He made the sea and the dry land.”

He asked them to pray that the God of heaven would give him mercy. He wanted God to help him understand the mystery of the king’s dream. Then he and his friends wouldn’t be killed along with Babylon’s other wise men.

Here is the answer they gave us. They said,“ We serve the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago. The great King Solomon built it and finished it.But our people made the God of heaven angry. So he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar from Chaldea. He was king of Babylon. He destroyed this temple. He forced the Jews to leave their own country. He took them away to Babylon.

When I heard that, I tore my inner robe and my coat. I pulled hair from my head and beard. I was so shocked I sat down.