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1 Kings 8:33

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Suppose your people Israel sin against you, and then an enemy defeats them. If they come to this temple and beg for forgiveness,

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listen from your home in heaven. Forgive them and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors.

Later, they may feel sorry for what they did and ask your forgiveness. Answer them when they pray towards this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, here in this land you gave their ancestors. From your home in heaven, listen to their sincere prayers and do what they ask.

You made us retreat, and our enemies have taken everything we own.

Please, LORD, look down from your holy and glorious home in the heavens and see what's going on. Have you lost interest? Where is your power? Show that you care about us and have mercy!

The LORD is furious, and if the people hear how he is going to punish them, perhaps they will ask to be forgiven.

and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumour of attack.

War will break out because you broke our agreement, and if you escape to your walled cities, I'll punish you with horrible diseases, and you will be captured by your enemies.

When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.

The LORD will let you be defeated by your enemies, and you will scatter in all directions. You will be a horrible sight for the other nations to see,

he will send enemies to attack you and make you their slaves. Then you will live in poverty with nothing to eat, drink, or wear, and your owners will work you to death.

I don't even know what to say to you, since Israel's army has turned and run from the enemy.




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