The Lord said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
Deuteronomy 11:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised It is a land the Lord your God cares for. He is always watching over it from the beginning to the end of the year. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 a land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. American Standard Version (1901) a land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. Common English Bible It’s a land that the LORD cares for: the LORD’s eyes are on it constantly from the first of the year until the very end of the year. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord your God always visits it, and his eyes are upon it, from the beginning of the year, all the way to its end. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord thy God doth always visit it: and his eyes are on it from the beginning of the year unto the end thereof. |
The Lord said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put my name there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land #– #a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey #– #so that you may live and not die. But don’t listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, ‘The Lord will rescue us.’
But God was watching over the Jewish elders. These men wouldn’t stop them until a report was sent to Darius, so that they could receive written instructions about this matter.
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land #– #a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.