And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

And Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set his face to seek the Lord earnestly, and he proclaimed a fast in all Judah.

And I proclaimed there a fast, at the River Ahava, that [we] should humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.

Sound the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn] service:

gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

What shall we store up for ourselves? The herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but on account of Him who subjected it in hope;

For we know that all the creation groans together and labors in birth together until now.