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2 Chronicles 7:19-21
New Catholic Bible
2 Chronicles 7:19-21
New Catholic Bible
19 “However, if you turn away and forsake my laws and my commandments which I have laid down for you, and then proceed to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot the people from the land which I have given them. I will cast from my sight this temple which I have consecrated for my name, cast it out of my sight, and make it a byword and an object of ridicule for all people.
21 “And in regard to this temple that was once so exalted, everyone who passes by it will be appalled at the sight and ask: ‘Why has the Lord allowed this to happen[a] to this land and to this house?’
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- 2 Chronicles 7:21 Allowed this to happen: it’s easier to accept that God punishes those who commit sinful acts, but thousands of years later good people continue to grapple with the question of unmerited hardship and random violence. Even Solomon’s wisdom does not provide the answer to God’s allowing will. Only faith will suffice.
