“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
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“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence 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;
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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;
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 7:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 6:26-28 “When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them; then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance. “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;
- Deuteronomy 11:17 and Yahweh’s anger be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky so that there is no rain, and the land doesn’t yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you.
- Revelation 11:6 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
- Revelation 3:7 “To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
- 2 Samuel 24:13-15 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, “Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.” So Yahweh sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the appointed time; and seventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba.
- Exodus 10:4-6 Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
- Job 12:14 Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Ezekiel 14:19-21 “Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal; though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.” For the Lord Yahweh says: “How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!
- Joel 2:25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
- Numbers 14:12 I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”
- Numbers 16:46-47 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.” Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
- Job 11:10 If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
- Psalms 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number,
- Psalms 107:34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- Joel 1:4-7 What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness. He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.
- Luke 4:25 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there…
2Ch 7:13 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;
Ver. 13. If I shut up heaven, &c.] In answer this is to that prayer of Solomon, 1Ki 8:35; 1Ki 8:37.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain If I command the locusts, i.e. use my authority…
If I command the locusts, i.e. use my authority and power over them to cause them to do so. A metaphor elsewhere used in reference to unreasonable creatures, as 1Ki 17:4; Amo 9:3, who are not properly capable of a command, or of obedience.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. Or if I send pestilence] "The angel…
Verse 13. Or if I send pestilence] "The angel of death." - Targum.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 7:13. If I command the locusts to devour…
2Ch 7:13. If I command the locusts to devour the land — That is, use my authority and power over them to cause them to do so. A metaphor elsewhere used in reference to irrational animals, as 1Ki 17:4, Amo 9:3, which are not properly capable of receiving a command, or of paying obedience to it. Other national judgments are here supposed, such as famine, war, and the ravages of savage beasts.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. to devour the land] LXX. to devour the…
13. to devour the land] LXX. to devour the trees; cp. Exo_10:15; Joe_1:6-7.
13–15. These vv. have no parallel in 1 Kings.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) If I shut up heaven that there be…
(13) If I shut up heaven that there be no rain.—Deu_11:17; 2Ch_6:26.
If.—Hçn, as in Jer_3:1; Isa_54:15.
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The locusts.—Hâgâb, a winged and edible species (Lev_11:22). In 2Ch_6:28, two other kinds, the ’arbeh and hâsîl, were mentioned.
If I send pestilence.—2Ch_6:28; 1 Chronicles 21
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 13-15. These three verses (the counterparts of (2Ch_6:26,…
Vers. 13-15. These three verses (the counterparts of (2Ch_6:26, 2Ch_6:28, 2Ch_6:40) are not in the parallel. Although we can scarcely trace the principle of their selection from the seven parts of the prayer, they would seem to have been selected from the original work, as samples of a reply which presumably embraced reference to all the seven. When, in ver. 14, it is said, I will heal their land, the telling expression, according to the Authorized Version, must be understood to refer to the removing of drought by rain. On the other hand, the Authorized Version is, in ver. 15, unfortunate in the unnecessary and misleading insertion of the italics found there, and in the use of the preposition "in" for of, the simple case construct, which is manifestly what is wanted and intended. It was not absolutely essential that prayer should be made in the place. How many references there are to prayer being made from a distance toward the place!
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Suppose that I shut up the heavens so that…
Suppose that I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain
Here "heavens" refers to the sky, and is spoken of as if it were a building in which God stores the rain. See how you translated a similar phrase in 2 Chronicles 6:26. AT: "Suppose that I do not allow the rain to fall from the skies" (See: Metaphor)
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devour the land
The word "land" represents the plants and crops on the land. (See: Metonymy)
if I send disease among my people
Here "send disease" represents causing diseases. AT: "if I cause my people to have diseases" (See: Metaphor)
who are called by my name
Here being called by God's name is an idiom meaning belonging to God. AT: "who belong to me" (See: Idiom)
seek my face
Here God's face represents his acceptance of them. Possible meanings are "seek my face" represents 1) urgently asking him for forgiveness. AT: "beg me to forgive them" or 2) strongly wanting to please him. AT: "choose to please me" (See: Metaphor)
turn from their wicked ways
Here "turn from" is a metaphor meaning to stop doing something, and "ways" represent behavior. AT: "stop their wicked behavior" or "stop doing wicked things" (See: Metaphor)
heal their land
Here land that does not produce much is spoken of as though it were sick. AT: "make their land good again" or "make their land produce good crops" (See: Personification)
my eyes will be open
The eyes being open is a metonym for seeing. Here it represents looking attentively. AT: "I will pay attention to you" or "I will watch you" (See: Metonymy)
my ears attentive to the prayers
The ears being attentive is a metonym for listening attentively. AT: "I will listen to the prayers" (See: Metonymy)
the prayers that are made in this place
This can be expressed in active form. AT: "to the prayers that you make in this place" or "to you as you pray to me in this place" (See: Active or Passive)
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heaven
command
devour
people of God
call
name
humble
face
turn
evil
forgive
sin
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:13-15 These verses refer directly to Solomon’s prayer (see…
7:13-15 These verses refer directly to Solomon’s prayer (see 6:26, 28, 40). God outlined for Solomon the requirements for rescue from judgment. In Solomon’s prayer, each case had been addressed separately; in the Lord’s answer, the required response is developed more generally and comprehensively. The people need humility, repentance, seeking the Lord, and prayer in order to be healed from their distresses.
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