may you hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 6:24 - New Revised Standard Version “When your people Israel, having sinned against you, are defeated before an enemy but turn again to you, confess your name, pray and plead with you in this house, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If Your people Israel have been defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and shall return, confess Your name [and You Yourself], and pray and make supplication before You in this house, American Standard Version (1901) And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; Common English Bible If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, but then they change their hearts, give thanks to your name, and ask for mercy in your presence at this temple, Catholic Public Domain Version If your people Israel will have been overwhelmed by their enemies, (for they will sin against you) and having been converted will do penance, and if they will have beseeched your name, and will have prayed in this place, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thy people Israel be overcome by their enemies (for they will sin against thee), and being converted shall do penance, and call upon thy name, and pray to thee in this place: |
may you hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.
You made us turn back from the foe, and our enemies have gotten spoil.
Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down by your enemies; your foes shall rule over you, and you shall flee though no one pursues you.
They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though no one pursues; and you shall have no power to stand against your enemies.
The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out against them one way and flee before them seven ways. You shall become an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and lack of everything. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned their backs to their enemies!
Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and worshiped the Baals;