TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
‘You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the LORD.
“This is what King Cyrus of Persia says:“‘The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.
The People Confess Their Sins While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites– men, women, and children alike– gathered around him. The people wept loudly.
I responded to them by saying,“The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.”
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.
By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
He said to them,“I am a Hebrew! And I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.