Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Ezra 8:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river A·haʹva, to humble+ ourselves before our God, to seek from him the right way+ for us and for our little ones+ and for all our goods.

Esther 4:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 3 And in all the different jurisdictional districts,+ wherever the king’s word and his law were reaching, there was great mourning+ among the Jews, and fasting+ and weeping and wailing. Sackcloth+ and ashes+ themselves came to be spread out as a couch for many.

Psalm 35:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 13 As for me, when they became ill, my clothing was sackcloth,+
  With fasting I afflicted my soul,+
  And upon my bosom my own prayer would return.+

Psalm 69:10

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 10 And I proceeded to weep with the fasting of my soul,+
  But it came to be for reproaches to me.+

Ezekiel 27:31

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 31 And they will have to make [themselves] bald with a baldness for you,+ and gird on sackcloth+ and weep over you in bitterness of soul,+ with bitter wailing.