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2 Chronicles 7:13-15
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2 Chronicles 7:13-15
New International Version
13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(B) will humble(C) themselves and pray and seek my face(D) and turn(E) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(F) from heaven, and I will forgive(G) their sin and will heal(H) their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.(I)
2 Chronicles 7:13-15
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 7:13-15
New English Translation
13 When[a] I close up the sky[b] so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation,[c] or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who belong to me,[d] humble themselves, pray, seek to please me,[e] and repudiate their sinful practices,[f] then I will respond[g] from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.[h] 15 Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.[i]
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- 2 Chronicles 7:13 tn Or “if.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 tn Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 tn Heb “hear.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15 tn Heb “my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.” Note Solomon’s request in 6:40.
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