³ And the Lord said to him: ^(A)“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built ^(B)to put My name there forever, ^(C)and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

²⁹ that Your eyes may be open toward this ^[a]temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ^(A)‘My name shall be ^(B)there,’ that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes ^(C)toward this place.

¹² a land for which the Lord your God cares; ^(A)the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.

⁵ “Return and tell Hezekiah ^(A)the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: ^(B)“I have heard your prayer, I have seen ^(C)your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

Confidence and Compassion in Prayer

¹⁴ Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that ^(A)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

⁹ In this ^(A)manner, therefore, pray:

²³ At the beginning of your supplications the ^[a]command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly ^(A)beloved; therefore ^(B)consider the matter, and understand the vision:

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death