Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
- BSB Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
- NKJV Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”
- NASB Answer me, Lord, answer me, so that this people may know that You, Lord, are God, and that You have turned their heart back.”
- NLT O Lord, answer me! Answer me so these people will know that you, O Lord, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself.”
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Quick answer
Elijah prays that God would answer so the people would know He is God and that He is turning their hearts back. The goal is the nation's repentance.
Overview
Elijah's aim is not merely a miracle but the spiritual restoration of Israel's wayward hearts. He recognizes that only God can turn hearts back to Himself, a work of sovereign grace. This points forward to the gospel truth that genuine conversion is God's gift, drawing rebels back to the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Dan 9:17–19Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Luke 1:16–17He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
- Ezek 36:25–27I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
- 1 Kgs 18:24You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
- Mal 4:5–6Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
- Luke 11:8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
- Isa 37:17–20Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
- 2 Chr 32:19–20They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
- Gen 32:24Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
- 2 Chr 14:11Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
- 1 Kgs 18:36At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- Jer 31:18–19“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are Yahweh my God.
- Gen 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
- Gen 32:26The man said, “Let me go, for the day breaks.” Jacob said, “I won’t let you go, unless you bless me.”
- 1 Kgs 18:29When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
- Jas 5:16–17Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
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