Eze 36:37, Dan 9:3-19, Zec 13:9, Mat 7:7-8 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord God : This also I will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: to increase their people like a flock .

3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^dprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and ^emade confession, saying, ^f“O Lord, the ^ggreat and awesome God, who ^hkeeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 ⁱwe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^jand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^kWe have not listened to ^lyour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^mour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, ⁿO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^othose who are near and ^pthose who are far away, in ^qall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^rthe treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^swe have sinned against you. 9 ^tTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^uand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^vhis servants the prophets. 11 ^wAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^xrefusing to obey your voice. ^yAnd the curse and oath ^zthat are written in the Law of ^aaMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^abwe have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^acour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^aebringing upon us a great calamity. ^afFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^agAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^ahturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^aiTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^ajfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^akwe have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^alwith a mighty hand, and ^amhave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^anwe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 “O Lord, ^aoaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^apyour holy hill, ^aqbecause for our sins, and for ^arthe iniquities of our fathers, ^asJerusalem and your people have become ^ata byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, ^{▼▼Hebrew for the Lord’s sake} ^avmake your face to shine upon ^awyour sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 ^axO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^ayour desolations, and ^azthe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^baDelay not, ^bbfor your own sake, O my God, because ^bcyour city and ^bdyour people are called by your name.”

Zechariah 13:9

9 And ^beI will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
^bfThey will call upon my name,
and ^bgI will answer them.
^bhI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, and It Will Be Given

7 ^bi“Ask, ^bjand it will be given to you; ^bkseek, and you will find; ^blknock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.