then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleadings, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
Parallel translations
- WEB then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
- KJV Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
- BSB then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
- NKJV then hear from heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
- NLT then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.
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Quick answer
Solomon asked God to hear from heaven, uphold their cause, and forgive his people who have sinned. Forgiveness for the repentant exiles was his plea.
Overview
Solomon prayed that God would hear, maintain the cause of, and forgive his repentant people. The repeated emphasis on forgiveness reveals it as the deepest need of God's people. This longing for divine pardon is answered in the gospel, where God forgives all who come to him through the sacrifice of Christ.
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Cross-references · 4
- 2 Chr 6:35then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- Mic 7:18–20Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
- Ps 25:18Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.
- Zech 1:15–16I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”
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