2 Chronicles 7:14
12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
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- BSB
- and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- KJV
- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- WEB
- if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- ASV
- if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- DARBY
- and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- BLB
- and My people upon whom My name is called will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from the heavens and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- ÅB
- og så mitt folk, som er kalt med mitt navn, ydmyker seg og ber og søker mitt åsyn og vender om fra sine onde veier, så vil jeg høre fra himmelen og tilgi deres synd og lege deres land.
- OTB
- og mitt folk som er kalt med mitt navn ydmyker seg, og ber og søker mitt ansikt, og vender om fra sine onde veier, da vil jeg høre fra himmelen, og jeg vil tilgi deres synd og gjenopprette deres land.
- B1930
- og så mitt folk, som er kalt med mitt navn, ydmyker sig og beder og søker mitt åsyn og vender om fra sine onde veier, så vil jeg høre fra himmelen og forlate deres synd og læge deres land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 3:40–41
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:6–7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Read in contextJames 4:9–10
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Read in contextProverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:37–39
Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:29–30
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Read in contextJeremiah 33:6
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:12–13
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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