Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fast it seems for eight days, so that they departed on the 12th, ver. 31. (Menochius)
It will not suffice to leave sin, we must also do works of satisfaction. (Worthington)