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2 Chronicles 6:23-25
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 6:23-25
New English Translation
23 listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.[a]
24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy[b] because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,[c] and pray for your help[d] before you in this temple, 25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.[e]
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- 2 Chronicles 6:23 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:25 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).
2 Chronicles 6:23-25
New International Version
2 Chronicles 6:23-25
New International Version
23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning(A) the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.
24 “When your people Israel have been defeated(B) by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.
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