2 Chronicles 7:15

15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
ESV
15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
NLT
15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
MSG
15 From now on I'm alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place.
CSB
15 My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.

2 Chronicles 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 7:15

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12).

2 Chronicles 7:15 In-Context

13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
17 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 1 Kings 8:29; S 2 Chronicles 6:40; Nehemiah 1:6
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