then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
Parallel translations
- WEB then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
- KJV Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- NKJV then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause,
- NASB then hear their prayer and their pleading in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- NLT then hear their prayers and their petition from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause.
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Quick answer
Solomon asks God to hear the exiles' prayer from heaven and uphold their cause. It pleads for mercy on the penitent in exile.
Overview
Solomon requests that God hear the prayers of repentant exiles from His dwelling in heaven and maintain their cause. God's hearing is not bound to the earthly temple but reaches from heaven wherever His people turn to Him. This assures believers that God hears the penitent anywhere, through Christ.
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Cross-references · 3
- 2 Kgs 19:19And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- 1 Kgs 8:45then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
- Zech 1:15–16but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
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