Bible Verses

Pray to the Lord our God for us as well, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; even to this day, the Lord’s anger and fury have not been turned away from us. 

Thus the Lord will give strength and light to our eyes. We will live under the protection of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, and his son, Belshazzar. We shall have a long life serving them, and we will find favor before them. 

Pray for the life of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and Balthasar, his son, so that they may be successful in all that they do. 

The letter said:  Look, we are sending you money; buy with it victims for the holocaust and for sin offerings and incense; prepare offerings and present them on the Altar of the Lord our God.

after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried off Jeconiah, the artisans, the nobles, and the people of the land, taking them captive to Babylon.

This same Baruch had undertaken to return to Judea on the tenth day of the month of Sivan with the sacred vessels that had been taken from the temple of the Lord. These were the silver vessels crafted by Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, 

and sent it to Jerusalem, to the priest Jehoiakim, son of Hilkiah, and the son of Shallum, along with the other priests and people living in Jerusalem with him. 

They also gathered money according to each one’s ability, 

 Then the people wept, fasted, and prayed before the Lord. 

He read it aloud to the nobles and the king’s sons, the elders, and everyone else, from the youngest to the oldest—that is, all those living in Babylon near the River Sud.