2 Chronicles 7:13

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,

2 Chronicles 7:13 in Other Translations

13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,

13 At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

13 If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people,

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;

13 I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people.

13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people,

13 "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.

2 Chronicles 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 7:13

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12).

2 Chronicles 7:13 In-Context

11 When Solomon had finished the temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the LORD and in his own palace,

12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.

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.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 11:17; 2 Chronicles 6:26-28; Amos 4:7