Tree of Life Version
2 Chronicles 7:15
15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer 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.
- New International Version (NIV)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered 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.
Context of 2 Chronicles 7:15
13If I shut up heaven that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 14when My people, 0ver whom My Name is called, humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. 16For now I have chosen and consecrated this House so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. 17“As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all that I have commanded you, keeping My statutes and My ordinances,
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 6:20that Your eyes may be open toward this House day and night, toward the place where You have said You would put Your Name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant will pray toward this place.
- Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land that Adonai your God cares for—the eyes of Adonai your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year up to the end of the year.
- Nehemiah 1:6please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant that I am praying before You today both day and night on behalf of Your servants, the Bnei-Yisrael. I am confessing the sins of Bnei-Yisrael that we have sinned against You—yes, I and my ancestral house have sinned.
- Psalms 65:2Praise is awaiting You in Zion, O God, and to You the vow will be fulfilled.
- Psalms 130:2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the sound of my supplications.
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of Adonai are on the righteous and His ears open to their prayer, but the face of Adonai is against those who do evil.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:40“Now my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open, and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made 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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