Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
Parallel translations
- WEB then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
- BSB then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
- NKJV then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.
- NASB then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave their fathers.
- NLT then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.
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Quick answer
Solomon asks God to forgive penitent Israel and restore them to their land. It links forgiveness with restoration.
Overview
When the people repent, Solomon prays that God would hear, forgive, and bring them back to the land He gave their fathers. Forgiveness leads to restoration of God's covenant blessings. This anticipates the fuller restoration secured in Christ, who brings the forgiven into the inheritance of God's people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Dan 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
- Jer 32:37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Jer 33:10–13Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
- Jer 31:27Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.
- Jer 31:4–9Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
- Josh 21:43And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
- 1 Kgs 8:30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
- Ezra 1:1–6Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
- Dan 9:12And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
- Dan 9:25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
- Amos 7:2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- Gen 13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
- Exod 6:8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
- Ps 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
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