³⁶ then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; ^(A)indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And ^(B)give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

³⁷ “^(C)If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is scorching wind or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their ^[a]cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, ³⁸ whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each of whom knows the ^[b]affliction of his own heart, and spreads his ^[c]hands toward this house;