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2 Chronicles 6:25-27
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25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.[a]

26 “The time will come when[b] the skies[c] are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people[d] sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,[e] and turn away from their sin because you punish[f] them, 27 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly[g] you will then teach them the right way to live[h] and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:25 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Heb “they.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:26 tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (ʿanah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (teʿannem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:27 tn The present translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense (“Certainly”). Other translations have “indeed” (NASB), “when” (NRSV), “so” (NEB), or leave the word untranslated (NIV).
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:27 tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:27 tn Or “for an inheritance.”
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