1 Kings 8:46–53

⁴⁶“If they sin against you (for there is not a person who does not sin) and you are angry with them and you give them to an enemy and they take them captive to the land of the enemy far or near, ⁴⁷and then they return their heart in the land where they have been taken captive and they return and plead to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and we did wrong. We acted wickedly,’ ⁴⁸if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and they pray to you toward their land which you gave to their ancestors,^u the city that you have chosen and the house that you^v built for your name, ⁴⁹then you shall hear in heaven, the place of your dwelling, their prayer and their plea, and you shall vindicate them.^{w 50}You shall forgive your people who sinned against you, even for all their transgressions which they committed against you. You shall give them compassion before their captors so that they may have compassion on them, ⁵¹for they are your people and your inheritance whom you brought from Egypt from the middle of the smelter of iron. ⁵²O, that your eyes may be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, to listen to them in all things when they call to you. ⁵³For you have separated them for yourself as an inheritance from all the peoples of the earth, as you promised through the hand of Moses your servant when you brought out our ancestors^x from Egypt, my Lord Yahweh!”