Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped.

百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和华，火就熄了。

百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和华，火就熄了。

百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和华，火就熄了。

民众呼求摩西，摩西便向耶和华祷告，火就熄了。

人民向摩西呼求，摩西恳求耶和华，火就熄了，

百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和華，火就熄了。

百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和華，火就熄了。

百姓向摩西哀求，摩西祈求耶和華，火就熄了。

民眾呼求摩西，摩西便向耶和華禱告，火就熄了。

人民向摩西呼求，摩西懇求耶和華，火就熄了，

人民向摩西哀叫，摩西禱告永恆主，火就熄了。

民籲摩西、摩西禱於耶和華、火燄隨熄、

民呼摩西、摩西禱於耶和華、火燄隨熄。

民向摩西呼救、摩西祈禱主、火遂息滅、

When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down.

The people cried out to Moses. Then he prayed to the Lord. And the fire died down.

Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

The people then cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died out.

Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire was quenched.

And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.

Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.

The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.

Then the people came to Moses and cried out,“ We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.

“ Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!” But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.And Moses said to Aaron,“ Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord. The Lord’s anger is blazing against them— the plague has already begun.”Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified the people.He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

So Moses returned to the Lord and said,“ Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed. They have made gods of gold for themselves.But now, if you will only forgive their sin— but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”

Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah,“ Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”But Moses tried to pacify the Lord his God.“ O Lord!” he said.“ Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?Why let the Egyptians say,‘ Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth’? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying,‘ I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.’”So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.

And he said,“ O Lord, if it is true that I have found favor with you, then please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special possession.”

Then the Lord said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!

In my vision the locusts ate every green plant in sight. Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, please forgive us or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”So the Lord relented from this plan.“ I will not do it,” he said.Then the Sovereign Lord showed me another vision. I saw him preparing to punish his people with a great fire. The fire had burned up the depths of the sea and was devouring the entire land.Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”Then the Lord relented from this plan, too.“ I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign Lord.

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins— and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.

“ Pray to the Lord for me,” Simon exclaimed,“ that these terrible things you’ve said won’t happen to me!”

Jeremiah the prophet. They said,“ Please pray to the Lord your God for us. As you can see, we are only a tiny remnant compared to what we were before.

I feared that the furious anger of the Lord, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.The Lord was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the Lord spared him.

But perhaps the Lord your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff, sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”

But Moses objected.“ What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the Lord.“ They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, Lord, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.Now if you slaughter all these people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of your fame will say,‘ The Lord was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.’“ Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,‘ The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.’In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”Then the Lord said,“ I will pardon them as you have requested.

Abraham approached him and said,“ Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city— will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”And the Lord replied,“ If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”Then Abraham spoke again.“ Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.Suppose there are only forty five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And the Lord said,“ I will not destroy it if I find forty five righteous people there.”Then Abraham pressed his request further.“ Suppose there are only forty?” And the Lord replied,“ I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”“ Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded.“ Let me speak— suppose only thirty righteous people are found?” And the Lord replied,“ I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”Then Abraham said,“ Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue— suppose there are only twenty?” And the Lord replied,“ Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”Finally, Abraham said,“ Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the Lord replied,“ Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”When the Lord had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.

So he declared he would destroy them. But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the Lord and the people. He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

When God began killing them, they finally sought him. They repented and took God seriously.Then they remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their redeemer.