Shouldevilcomeupon us, the sword,[or] judgment,or pestilence,or famine,we will standbeforethishouseand beforeYou (for Your nameis in thishouse)and cryto You in our distress,and You will hearand deliver[us].'
"Listento the supplicationof Your servantand of Your peopleIsrael,whenthey praytowardthisplace;hearin heavenYour dwellingplace;hearand forgive.
"When Your peopleIsraelare defeatedbeforean enemy,becausethey have sinnedagainst You, if they turnto You againand confessYour nameand prayand makesupplicationto You in thishouse,
"Ifthere is faminein the land,ifthere is pestilence,ifthere is blight[or] mildew,locust[or] grasshopper,iftheir enemybesiegesthem in the landof their cities,whateverplague,whateversickness[there is],
"They have livedin it, and have builtYou a sanctuarythere for Your name,saying,
that Your eyemay be opentowardthishousedayand night,towardthe placeof whichYou have saidthat [You would] putYour namethere,to listento the prayerwhichYour servantshall praytowardthisplace.
Sincethe daythat I broughtMy peoplefrom the landof Egypt,I did not choosea cityout of allthe tribesof Israel[in which] to builda housethat My namemight be there,nordid I chooseanymanfor a leaderoverMy peopleIsrael;
Now while Ezrawas prayingand makingconfession,weepingand prostratinghimself beforethe houseof God,a verylargeassembly,men,womenand children,gatheredto him from Israel;for the peopleweptbitterly.
Callupon Me in the dayof trouble;I shall rescueyou, and you will honorMe."
For it is He who deliversyou from the snareof the trapperAnd from the deadlypestilence.
You shall makean altarof earthfor Me, and you shall sacrificeon it your burntofferingsand your peaceofferings,your sheepand your oxen;in everyplacewhereI cause My nameto be remembered,I will cometo you and blessyou.
"Be on your guardbeforehim and obeyhis voice;do not be rebellioustoward him, for he will not pardonyour transgression,sinceMy nameis in him.
"For wheretwoorthreehave gathered togetherin My name,I amtherein their midst."
