Reading 1 - Ezr 10:1 "While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of...

Reading 1 - Ezr 9:5-7 "Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees...

Reading 1 - Ezr 8:22 "I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told...