2 Chronicles 6
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2 Chronicles 6:24-40

24“IfH518 Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 are 1defeatedH5062 beforeH6440 an enemyH340 becauseH3588 2they have sinnedH2398 against You, and they returnH7725 to You and praiseH3034 Your nameH8034, and prayH6419 and pleadH2603 beforeH6440 You in thisH2088 houseH1004, 25then hearH8085 from heavenH8064 and forgiveH5545 the sinH2403 of Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and bringH7725 them backH7725 to the landH127 whichH834 You have givenH5414 to them and to their fathersH1.

26“When the 3heavensH8064 are shutH6113 upH6113 and there is noH3808 rainH4306 becauseH3588 they have sinnedH2398 against You, and they prayH6419 towardH413 thisH2088 placeH4725 and praiseH3034 Your nameH8034, and turnH7725 from their sinH2403 whenH3588 You afflictH6031 them, 27then hearH8085 in heavenH8064 and forgiveH5545 the sinH2403 of Your servantsH5650 and Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478; indeedH3588, 4teachH3384 them the goodH2896 wayH1870 in whichH834 they are to walkH1980. And provideH5414 rainH4306 on Your landH776, whichH834 You have givenH5414 to Your peopleH5971 as an inheritanceH5159.

28“IfH3588 there is a 5famineH7458 in the landH776, ifH3588 there is a plagueH1698, ifH3588 there is blightH7711 or mildewH3420, ifH3588 there is locustH697 or grasshopperH2625, ifH3588 their enemiesH340 besiegeH6887 them in the landH776 of their 6citiesH8179, whateverH3605 plagueH5061 or whateverH3605 sicknessH4245 there is, 29whateverH3605H834 prayerH8605 or pleaH8467 is madeH1961 by anyoneH3605H120 or by allH3605 Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, 7eachH376 knowingH3045 his own afflictionH5061 and his own painH4341, and spreadingH6566 his handsH3709 towardH413 thisH2088 houseH1004, 30then hearH8085 from heavenH8064, Your dwellingH3427 placeH4349, and forgiveH5545, and renderH5414 to eachH376 according to allH3605 his waysH1870, whoseH834 heartH3824 You knowH3045--8for You aloneH905 knowH3045 the heartsH3824 of the sonsH1121 of mankindH120-- 31soH4616 thatH4616 they may 9fearH3372 You, to walkH1980 in Your waysH1870 10asH3605H3117 longH3605H3117 as they liveH2416 in the landH127 whichH834 You have givenH5414 to our fathersH1.

32“AlsoH1571 concerningH413 11the foreignerH5237 whoH834 is not from Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, when he comesH935 from a farH7350 countryH776 on accountH4616 of Your greatH1419 nameH8034 and Your mightyH2389 handH3027 and Your outstretchedH5186 armH2220, when they comeH935 and prayH6419 towardH413 thisH2088 houseH1004, 33then hearH8085 from heavenH8064, from Your dwellingH3427 placeH4349, and doH6213 according to allH3605 for whichH834 the foreignerH5237 callsH7121 to You, soH4616 thatH4616 allH3605 the peoplesH5971 of the earthH776 may knowH3045 Your nameH8034, and 12fearH3372 You as do Your peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and that they may knowH3045 that 13thisH2088 houseH1004 whichH834 I have builtH1129 is 14calledH7121 by Your nameH8034.

34“WhenH3588 Your peopleH5971 goH3318 outH3318 to battleH4421 againstH5921 their enemiesH340, by whateverH834 wayH1870 You sendH7971 them, and they prayH6419 to You towardH1870 thisH2088 cityH5892 whichH834 You have chosenH977 and the houseH1004 whichH834 I have builtH1129 for Your nameH8034, 35then hearH8085 from heavenH8064 their prayerH8605 and their pleadingH8467, and maintainH6213 their causeH4941.

36“WhenH3588 they sinH2398 against You (15for thereH369 isH369 noH369 oneH120 whoH834 does not sinH2398), and You are angryH599 with them and turnH5414 them overH5414 to an enemyH340, so that 16they takeH7617 them awayH7617 captiveH7617 to a landH776 farH7350 off orH176 nearH7138, 37if they 17takeH7725 it to heartH3824 in the landH776 whereH834H8033 they are takenH7617 captiveH7617, and repentH7725 and pleadH2603 to You in the landH776 of their captivityH7628, sayingH559, ‘We have sinnedH2398, we have doneH5753 wrongH5753 and have actedH7561 wickedlyH7561’; 3818if they returnH7725 to You with allH3605 their heartH3820 and with allH3605 their soulH5315 in the landH776 of their captivityH7628, whereH834 they have been takenH7617 captiveH7617, and prayH6419 towardH1870 their landH776 whichH834 You have givenH5414 to their fathersH1 and the cityH5892 whichH834 You have chosenH977, and toward the houseH1004 whichH834 I have builtH1129 for Your nameH8034, 39then hearH8085 from heavenH8064, from Your dwellingH3427 placeH4349, their prayerH8605 and pleadingsH8467, and maintainH6213 their causeH4941, and forgiveH5545 Your peopleH5971 whoH834 have sinnedH2398 against You.

40“NowH6258, my GodH430, pleaseH4994, 19let Your eyesH5869 be openH6605 and 20Your earsH241 attentiveH7183 to the prayerH8605 offered in thisH2088 placeH4725.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Chronicles 6:24 Lit struck ↩
  2. 2. 2 Chronicles 6:24 Ps 51:4 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Chronicles 6:26 1 Kin 17:1 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Chronicles 6:27 Ps 94:12 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Chronicles 6:28 2 Chr 20:9 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Chronicles 6:28 Lit gates ↩
  7. 7. 2 Chronicles 6:29 Lit whoever shall know ↩
  8. 8. 2 Chronicles 6:30 1 Sam 16:7; 1 Chr 28:9 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Or revere ↩
  10. 10. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Lit all the days that they live on the face of the land ↩
  11. 11. 2 Chronicles 6:32 Is 56:3-8 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Or revere ↩
  13. 13. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Lit Your name is called upon this house ↩
  14. 14. 2 Chronicles 6:33 2 Chr 7:14 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Chronicles 6:36 Job 15:14-16; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8-10 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Chronicles 6:36 Lit their captors lead them captive ↩
  17. 17. 2 Chronicles 6:37 Lit return to their heart ↩
  18. 18. 2 Chronicles 6:38 Jer 29:12, 13 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Chronicles 6:40 2 Chr 7:15; Neh 1:6, 11 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Chronicles 6:40 Ps 17:1 ↩

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