⁴⁷ When your people^[a] come to their senses^[b] 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;^[c] we have done evil.’ ⁴⁸ When they return to you with all their heart and being^[d] in the land^[e] where they are held prisoner, 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,^{[f] 49} then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help^[g] and vindicate them.^[h]