³⁷ “When famine^(A) or plague^(B) comes to the land, or blight^(C) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,^(D) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

³⁸ and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands^(A) toward this temple—

⁹ ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine,^(A) we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’