^7:13When¹⁵ I close up the sky¹⁶ so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation,¹⁷ or send a plague among my people, ^7:14if my people, who belong to me,¹⁸ humble themselves, pray, seek to please me,¹⁹ and repudiate their sinful practices,²⁰ then I will respond²¹ from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.²²

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2 Chronicles 7:14: 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 and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Footnotes

15 Or “if.”
16 Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
17 Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.
18 Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
19 Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.
20 Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”
21 Heb “hear.”
22 Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, 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 and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people, and my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

NLTNew Living Translation

At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When I hold back the heavens so that there is not rain, and when I command the locust to devour the earth, and if I send disease among my people, then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and will pray and will seek my face and will turn from their evil ways, then I myself shall hear from the heavens and will forgive their sins and heal their land.

KJV 1900King 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; 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.

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