Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
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- WEB then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and 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 them and their fathers.
- NKJV then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to them and their fathers.
- NASB then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.
- NLT then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave to them and to their ancestors.
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Solomon asked God to hear from heaven, forgive Israel's sin, and restore them to the land. He sought forgiveness and restoration for the repentant nation.
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Following defeat and repentance, Solomon prayed that God would forgive and bring his people back to their land. Restoration to the land signified renewed fellowship and blessing under God's covenant. This grace of forgiveness and restoration points to the greater redemption in Christ, who restores sinners to God.
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- Jer 33:6–13Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Gen 13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
- Ps 106:40–47Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
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