2 Chronicles 7:13

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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;

In Context

12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice.

14if My people, upon whom My name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:12I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.'

Deuteronomy 11:17and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the ground shall not yield her fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

2 Chronicles 6:26When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, when they sin against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, turning from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

Job 11:10If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?

Psalms 105:34He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,

Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out My fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:13-22

God's Promises to Solomon. ( b. c. 1004.) 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 a 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; 14 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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