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"Suppose I close up the sky and there isn't any rain. Suppose I command locusts to eat up the crops. And I send a plague among my people.
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But they make themselves low in my sight. They pray and look to me. And they turn from their evil ways. Then I will listen to them from heaven. I will forgive their sin. And I will heal their land. After all, they are my people.
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"Now my eyes will see them. My ears will pay attention to the prayers they offer in this place.
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I have chosen this temple. I have set it apart for myself. My Name will be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
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"But you must walk with me, just as your father David did. Do everything I command you to do. Obey my rules and laws.