Neh 1:4-11, Psa 102:13-17, Jer 29:10-13, 33:3, Eze 36:37, Dan 6:10 | ESV | STEP | As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days , and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven .

4 As soon as I heard these words I ^asat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the ^bGod of heaven. 5 And I said, “O Lord God of heaven, ^cthe great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 6 ^dlet your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, ^econfessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even ^fI and my father’s house have sinned. 7 ^gWe have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules ^hthat you commanded your servant Moses. 8 Remember the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, ⁱI will scatter you among the peoples, 9 ^jbut if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, ^kthough your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there I will gather them and bring them ^lto the place that I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.’ 10 ^mThey are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand. 11 O Lord, ⁿlet your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

Now I was ^ocupbearer to the king.

Psalms 102:13-17

13 You will ^parise and have ^qpity on Zion;
it is the time to favor her;
^rthe appointed time has come.
14 For your servants hold her ^sstones dear
and have pity on her dust.
15 Nations will ^tfear the name of the Lord,
and all ^uthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.
16 For the Lord ^vbuilds up Zion;
he ^wappears in his glory;
17 he ^xregards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer.

Jeremiah 29:10-13

10 “For thus says the Lord: ^yWhen seventy years are completed for Babylon, ^zI will visit you, ^aaand I will fulfill to you my promise ^aband bring you back to this place. 11 ^acFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare ^{▼▼Or peace} and not for evil, ^aeto give you a future and a hope. 12 ^afThen you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ^agand I will hear you. 13 ^ahYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^aiwith all your heart.

Jeremiah 33:3

3 ^ajCall to me and I will answer you, ^akand will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Ezekiel 36:37

37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also ^alI will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: ^amto increase their people like ^ana flock.

Daniel 6:10

10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where ^aohe had windows in his upper chamber open ^aptoward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees ^aqthree times a day and prayed and ^argave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.