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2 Chronicles 7:15
15Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
2 Chronicles 7:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
Context of 2 Chronicles 7:15
13“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. 17“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 72 Chronicles 7:15 word by word
עַתָּ֗ה עֵינַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ פְתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנַ֖י קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:15
- 2 Chronicles 6:20May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
- Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
- Nehemiah 1:6let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.
- Psalms 65:2You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.
- Psalms 130:2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:40“Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Now mine eyes shall be open - It shall be pleasing to me in the sight of my Word, that I should incline mine ear," etc. - Targum.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The prayer that is made in this place - literally, as in the margin. The unsual phrase includes the two cases of prayers offered in 2 Chronicles 6:24 and toward 2 Chronicles 6:34, 2 Chronicles 6:38 the sanctuary.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15These verses refer directly to Solomon’s prayer (see 2 Chronicles 6:26, 28, 40). God explained to Solomon what is needed to be saved from judgment. In Solomon’s prayer, each situation was addressed separately. In the Lord’s answer, the response is more general and thorough. The people need humility, repentance, seeking the Lord, and prayer to heal from their troubles.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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