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2 Chronicles 6:26

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When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; [yet] if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

When the heaven {H8064} is shut up {H6113}, and there is no rain {H4306}, because they have sinned {H2398} against thee; yet if they pray {H6419} toward this place {H4725}, and confess {H3034} thy name {H8034}, and turn {H7725} from their sin {H2403}, when thou dost afflict {H6031} them;

"When they sin against you, and in consequence the sky is shut, so that there is no rain; then if they pray toward this place, acknowledge your name and turn from their sin when you have brought them low;

When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 28:23 (3 votes)

    And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.

  • Deuteronomy 11:17 (3 votes)

    And [then] the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and [lest] ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

  • Leviticus 26:19 (3 votes)

    And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

  • Joel 1:13 (2 votes)

    Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

  • Joel 1:20 (2 votes)

    The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • Ezekiel 14:13 (2 votes)

    Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

  • Revelation 11:6 (2 votes)

    These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.