"When Your peopleIsraelare defeatedbeforean enemy,becausethey have sinnedagainst You, if they turnto You againand confessYour nameand prayand makesupplicationto You in thishouse,
then hearin heaven,and forgivethe sinof Your peopleIsrael,and bringthem backto the landwhichYou gaveto their fathers.
if they takethoughtin the landwherethey have been takencaptive,and repentand makesupplicationto You in the landof those who have takenthem captive,saying,We have sinnedand have committediniquity,we have actedwickedly';
if they returnto You with alltheir heartand with alltheir soulin the landof their enemieswhohave takenthem captive,and prayto You towardtheir landwhichYou have givento their fathers,the citywhichYou have chosen,and the housewhichI have builtfor Your name;
You cause us to turnbackfrom the adversary;And those who hateus have takenspoilfor themselves.
Lookdownfrom heavenand seefrom Your holyand glorioushabitation;Whereare Your zealand Your mightydeeds?The stirringsof Your heartand Your compassionare restrainedtowardme.
"Perhapstheir supplicationwill comebeforethe LORD,and everyonewill turnfrom his evilway,for greatis the angerand the wraththat the LORDhas pronouncedagainstthispeople."
I will setMy faceagainst you so that you will be struckdownbeforeyour enemies;and those who hateyou will ruleover you, and you will fleewhen nooneis pursuingyou.
I will also bringupon you a swordwhich will executevengeancefor the covenant;and when you gathertogether into your cities,I will sendpestilenceamongyou, so that you shall be deliveredinto enemyhands.
When Godsawtheir deeds,that they turnedfrom their wickedway,then Godrelentedconcerningthe calamitywhichHe had declaredHe would bringupon them. And He did not do[it].
"The LORDshall causeyou to be defeatedbeforeyour enemies;you will goout onewayagainstthem, but you will fleesevenwaysbeforethem, and you will be [an example of] terrorto allthe kingdomsof the earth.
therefore you shall serveyour enemieswhomthe LORDwill sendagainst you, in hunger,in thirst,in nakedness,and in the lackof allthings;and He will putan ironyokeon your neckuntilHe has destroyedyou.
"OLord,whatcan I saysinceIsraelhas turned[their] backbeforetheir enemies?
