⁴⁶“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,^* ⁴⁷then if they come to their senses in the land to which they have been taken captive and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and have done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’^* ⁴⁸if they repent with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and pray to you toward their land that you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,^* ⁴⁹then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, maintain their cause, ⁵⁰and forgive your people who have sinned against you and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of their captors, so that they may have compassion on them^* ⁵¹(for they are your people and heritage that you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron smelter).^* ⁵²Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, listening to them whenever they call to you. ⁵³For you have separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, just as you promised through Moses, your servant, when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Lord God.”^*

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Cross references

*Lev 26:34–39; Deut 28:36, 64; 2 Chr 6:36; Prov 20:9; 1 Jn 1:8–10
*Lev 26:40; Neh 1:6; Ps 106:6; Dan 9:5
*Jer 29:12–14; Dan 6:10
*2 Chr 30:9; Ps 106:46
*Deut 4:20; 9:29; Neh 1:10; Jer 11:4
*Ex 19:5; Deut 9:26–29