2 Chronicles 7:14 (BSB)
and 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, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
From 2 Chronicles 7. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 7:14
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Chronicles 7:12-22: That God accepted Solomon's prayer appeared by the fire from heaven. But a prayer may be accepted and yet not answered in the letter of it; and therefore God appeared to him in the night, as he did once before (Ch2 1:7), and after a day of sacrifice too, as then, and gave him a peculiar answer to his prayer. We had the substance of it before, Kg1 9:2-9. I.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 7:14: 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. (e) I will cause the pestilence to cease and destroy the beasts that hurt the fruit of the earth, and send rain in due season.
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on 2 Chronicles 7:11-22: 2Ch 7:11-22 The Lord’s answer to Solomon’s dedicatory prayer. Cf. 1Ki 9:1-9. The general contents, and the order of the thoughts in the divine answer in the two texts, agree, but in the Chronicle individual thoughts are further expounded than in the book of Kings, and expressions are here and there made clear.