^8:44“When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies,⁷⁹ and they direct their prayers to the Lord⁸⁰ toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,⁸¹^8:45then listen from heaven to their prayers for help⁸² and vindicate them.⁸³

^8:46“The time will come when your people⁸⁴ will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land,⁸⁵ whether far away or close by. ^8:47When your people⁸⁶ come to their senses⁸⁷ in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray;⁸⁸ we have done evil.’ ^8:48When they return to you with all their heart and being⁸⁹ in the land where they are held prisoner,⁹⁰ and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,⁹¹^8:49then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help⁹² and vindicate them.⁹³

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Footnotes

79 Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”
80 Or perhaps “to you, O Lord.” See 2 Chr 6:34.
81 Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. .
82 Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”
83 Heb “and accomplish their justice.”
84 Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
85 Heb “the land of the enemy.”
86 Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
87 Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
88 Or “done wrong.”
89 Or “soul.”
90 Heb “in the land of their enemies.”
91 Heb “your name.” See the note on the word “reputation” in v. .
92 Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”
93 Heb “and accomplish their justice.”