2 Chronicles 7:13

Suppose that I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send disease among my people,

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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

12Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

14then if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:12I will attack them with plague, disinherit them, and make from your own clan a nation that will be greater and mightier than they are.”

Deuteronomy 11:17so that the anger of Yahweh is not kindled against you; and so that he does not shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will not yield its fruit, and so that you perish quickly from off the good land that Yahweh is giving you.

2 Chronicles 6:26When the skies are shut up and there is no rain because the people have sinned against you—if they pray toward this place, confess your name, and turn from their sin when you have afflicted them—

Job 11:10If he passes through and shuts anyone up, 1 if he calls anyone to judgment, then who can stop him? 1

Psalms 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came, 1 so many locusts. 1

Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send a plague against this land and pour out my fury against it through bloodshed, in order to cut off both 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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