³ And the Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, ^(A)by putting my name there forever. ^(B)My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.

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

^29 (A)that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, ^(B)‘My name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.

¹⁴ And this is ^(A)the confidence that we have toward him, that ^(B)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

I Love the Lord

¹² a land that the Lord your God cares for. ^(A)The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

⁴⁰ Now, O my God, ^(A)let your eyes be open ^(B)and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

³¹ and said, ‘Cornelius, ^(A)your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.