1While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God,a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.
Encourage God’s people to recognize that repentance involves more than confession. True repentance is evident in practical obedience, and this is the response that God the Holy Spirit seeks to work in our hearts and lives.
1 While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.