“I have heard your prayer
    and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
¹³ I may shut the sky so that there is no rain,
    or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside,
    or send an epidemic among my people.
¹⁴ However, if my people, who are called by my name,
    will humble themselves,
    pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways,
        then I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins,
    and heal their country.