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if they pray to me and repent and turn away from the evil they have been doing, then I will hear them in heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land prosperous again.
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I will watch over this Temple and be ready to hear all the prayers that are offered here,
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because I have chosen it and consecrated it as the place where I will be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.
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If you serve me faithfully as your father David did, obeying my laws and doing everything I have commanded you,
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I will keep the promise I made to your father David when I told him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.