33 ¶ When thy people Israel shall be overthrown before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and turn again to thee, and [a]confess thy Name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house,

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and be merciful unto the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land, which thou gavest unto their fathers.

35 ¶ When heaven shall be [b]shut up, and there shall be no rain because they have sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confess thy Name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:33 Acknowledge thy just judgment, and praise thee.
  2. 1 Kings 8:35 So that there be a drought to destroy the fruit of the land.

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