1 Kings 8:49

49 then you shall hear in heaven, the place of your dwelling, their prayer and their plea, and you shall {vindicate them}.

1 Kings 8:49 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:49

Then hear thou their prayers, and their supplication, in
heaven thy dwellingplace
For their deliverance out of captivity: and maintain their cause; plead it, and do them justice, avenge their injuries, and deliver them.

1 Kings 8:49 In-Context

47 and then they return their heart in the land where they have been taken captive and they return and plead to you in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned and we did wrong. We acted wickedly,'
48 if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive and they pray to you toward their land which you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen and the house that you built for your name,
49 then you shall hear in heaven, the place of your dwelling, their prayer and their plea, and you shall {vindicate them}.
50 You shall forgive your people who sinned against you, [even] for all their transgressions which they committed against you. You shall give them compassion before their captors so that they may have compassion on them,
51 for they [are] your people and your inheritance whom you brought from Egypt from the middle of the smelter of iron.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "and you shall do their justice"
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