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30 Listen to the petition of your servant and of your people Israel which they offer toward this place. Listen, from the place of your enthronement, heaven, listen and forgive.

31 (A)“If someone sins in some way against a neighbor and is required to take an oath sanctioned by a curse, and comes and takes the oath before your altar in this house, 32 listen in heaven; act and judge your servants. Condemn the wicked, requiting their ways; acquit the just, rewarding their justice.

33 “When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you, and then they return to you, praise your name, pray to you, and entreat you in this house, 34 listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors.

35 “When the heavens are closed, so that there is no rain, because they have sinned against you, but they pray toward this place and praise your name, and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 36 listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel (for you teach them the good way in which they should walk). Give rain to this land of yours which you have given to your people as their heritage.

37 “If there is famine in the land or pestilence; or if blight comes, or mildew, or locusts, or caterpillars; if an enemy of your people presses upon them in the land and at their gates; whatever plague or sickness there may be; 38 whatever prayer or petition any may make, any of your people Israel, who know heartfelt remorse and stretch out their hands toward this house, 39 listen in heaven, the place of your enthronement; forgive and take action. Render to each and all according to their ways, you who know every heart; for it is you alone who know the heart of every human being. 40 So may they revere you as long as they live on the land you gave our ancestors.

41 “To the foreigners, likewise, who are not of your people Israel, but who come from a distant land for the sake of your name 42 (since people will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm), when they come and pray toward this house, 43 listen in heaven, the place of your enthronement. Do all that the foreigner asks of you, that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, may revere you as do your people Israel, and may know that your name has been invoked upon this house that I have built.

44 “When your people go out to war against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the house I have built for your name, 45 listen in heaven to their prayer and petition, and uphold their cause.

46 (B)“When they sin against you (for there is no one who does not sin), and in your anger against them you deliver them to an enemy, so that their captors carry them off to the land of the enemy, far or near, 47 and they have a change of heart in the land of their captivity and they turn and entreat you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked’; 48 if with their whole heart and soul they turn back to you in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, the city you have chosen, and the house I have built for your name, 49 listen in heaven, your dwelling place, to their prayer and petition, and uphold their cause. 50 Forgive your people who have sinned against you and all the offenses they have committed against you, and grant them mercy in the sight of their captors, so that these will be merciful to them. 51 For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace.

52 “Thus may your eyes be open to the petition of your servant and to the petition of your people Israel; thus may you listen to them whenever they call upon you.

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30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray(A) toward this place. Hear(B) from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.(C)

31 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath(D) before your altar in this temple, 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.(E)

33 “When your people Israel have been defeated(F) by an enemy because they have sinned(G) against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,(H) 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(I) because your people have sinned(J) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(K) them the right way(L) to live, and send rain(M) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

37 “When famine(N) or plague(O) comes to the land, or blight(P) or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers,(Q) or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions of their own hearts, and spreading out their hands(R) toward this temple— 39 then hear(S) from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive(T) and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know(U) their hearts (for you alone know every human heart), 40 so that they will fear(V) you all the time they live in the land(W) you gave our ancestors.

41 “As for the foreigner(X) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(Y) of your great name and your mighty hand(Z) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(AA) your name and fear(AB) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(AC)

44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(AD) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.(AE)

46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(AF)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(AG) to their own lands, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(AH) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(AI) 48 and if they turn back(AJ) to you with all their heart(AK) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(AL) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(AM) I have built for your Name;(AN) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;(AO) 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,(AP) whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.(AQ)

52 “May your eyes be open(AR) to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.(AS)

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