Verse 25
2 Chronicles 6:25
Free Bible Version
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If the skies are closed shut and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and if they come back in repentance to you, turning away from their sin because you have punished them,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אַתָּה֙ תִּשְׁמַ֣ע מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ/סָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ לְ/חַטַּ֖את עַמְּ/ךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/הֲשֵׁיבוֹתָ/ם֙ אֶל הָ֣/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥תָּה לָ/הֶ֖ם וְ/לַ/אֲבֹתֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And you will hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and restore them to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Then Solomon spoke, “The Lord said that he lives in deep darkness.
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However, I have built you a magnificent Temple, a place for you to live forever.”
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Then the king turned and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, as they all stood.
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He said, “Praise the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father Davi...
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‘Ever since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a town from any...
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But now I have chosen Jerusalem so that I will be honored there, and I have chosen David to rule ove...
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My father David really wanted to build this Temple to honor the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel.
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But the Lord told my father David, ‘You really wanted to build me a Temple to honor me—and it was go...
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But you are not going to build the Temple. Your son, one of your children, will build the Temple to...
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Now the Lord has kept the promise he made. For I have taken the place of my father, and I sit on the...
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I have placed the Ark there, which has inside it the agreement the Lord made with the sons of Israel...
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Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He had...
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He said, “Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth, keeping your...
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You have kept the promise you made to your servant, my father David. With your own mouth you made th...
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So now, Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, please keep the promise you made to your servant David, my fath...
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Now, Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, please fulfill this promise you made to your servant David.
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But will God (Elohim) really live here on earth among people? The heavens, even highest heaven, cann...
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Please listen to the prayer of your servant and his request, Lord my God (Elohim). Please hear the a...
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May you watch over this Temple day and night, caring for the place where you said you would be honor...
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and hear the request of your servant and your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Please...
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When someone sins against another and is required to take an oath declaring the truth before your al...
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listen from heaven, act and judge your servants. Pay back the guilty; vindicate and reward those who...
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When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they c...
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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you...
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If the skies are closed shut and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, if th...
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then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right...
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If there is famine in the land, or disease, or blight or mildew on the crops, or if there are locust...
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then whatever kind of prayer or whatever kind of appeal is made by anyone or all your people Israel,...
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then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and forgive. Give according to the way they live th...
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As for the foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel but who come from a distant land, havi...
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then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and give them what they're asking. That way, everyo...
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When your people go to fight against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to yo...
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then hear from heaven what they are praying and asking for, and support their cause.
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If they sin against you—and there is nobody who does not sin—you may become angry with them and hand...
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But if they think again in their land of captivity and repent and plead for mercy from you, saying,...
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and they come back to you with complete sincerity in their thoughts and attitudes there in their lan...
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then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and respond and support their cause. Forgive your p...
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Now my God (Elohim), please open your eyes, and may your ears pay attention to the prayers offered i...
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‘Come, Lord, and enter your home, together with your Ark of power. May your priests wear salvation l...
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Lord God (Elohim), don't reject the king you have chosen. Remember your trustworthy love for your se...
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