2 Chronicles 7:15

15 "1Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in 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 "If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
15 "Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
16 "For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever , and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually .
17 "As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances,

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 6:20, 40

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "prayer of this place"
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