2 CHRONICLES 6:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.”
'When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them — The third circumstance: famine through drought, punishment for sin. 'When heaven is shut up and there is no rain' (כִּי־יִשָּׁמְרוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה־מָטָר) indicates environmental punishment: God withholds the essential resource (water). Restoration requires the people to 'pray toward this place' (הִתְפַּלְּלוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה), 'acknowledge your name' (וַיִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־שִׁמְךָ), and 'turn from their sin' (וְיָשׁוּבוּ מִפִּשְׁעָם). The phrase 'when you afflict them' (כִּי־תַעְנִיתָם) acknowledges that famine itself is divinely sent correction. The pattern repeats: sin → environmental punishment → repentance and prayer (toward temple) → divine response.
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