1 Kings 8:50
Christian Standard Bible
50 May you forgive your people
who sinned against you
and all their rebellions[a] against you,
and may you grant them compassion
before their captors,
so that they may treat them compassionately.(A)
Footnotes
- 8:50 Lit rebellions that they have rebelled
2 Chronicles 30:9
Christian Standard Bible
9 for when you return to the Lord, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land.(A) For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful;(B) he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.”
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Ezra 9:9
Christian Standard Bible
9 Though we are slaves,(A) our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has extended grace to us in the presence of the Persian kings,(B) giving us relief, so that we can rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins,(C) to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
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