Bible Verse
While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.
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In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.
2 Chronicles 33:13
His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.
2 Chronicles 33:19
Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart.

