Lièwángjìshang 8:35

35 Nǐde mín yīn dé zuì nǐ , nǐ chéngfá tāmen , shǐ tiān bì sāi bú xiàyǔ . tāmen ruò xiàng cǐ chù dǎogào , chéngrèn nǐde míng , líkāi tāmende zuì ,

Lièwángjìshang 8:35 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:35

When heaven is shut up
As it may be said to be when the air is quite serene, and not a cloud in it:

and there is no rain;
in its season, neither the former nor the latter, as it was in the times of Elijah:

because they have sinned against thee;
want of rain was threatened in case of sin, and was always the effect of it, ( Leviticus 26:19 Leviticus 26:20 ) ( Deuteronomy 28:23 Deuteronomy 28:24 ) ,

if they pray towards this place;
in any part of the country where they were; for it sometimes rained on one city, and not on another, ( Amos 4:7 )

and confess thy name;
own his power and his providence, and the justness of his dealings with them:

and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them;
their affliction being made useful, to bring them to a sense of their sin, and to repentance for it, and reformation from it; or, "when thou hearest" or "answerest them" ^F7; so the Targum, receives their prayer; thus the goodness of God leads to repentance.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Mnet yk) "cum exaudieris eos", Vatablus.

Lièwángjìshang 8:35 In-Context

33 Nǐde mín Yǐsèliè ruò dé zuì nǐ , baì zaì chóudí miànqián , yòu guī xiàng nǐ , chéngrèn nǐde míng , zaì zhè diàn lǐ qíqiú dǎogào ,

34 Qiú nǐ zaì tiān shàng chuí tīng , shèmiǎn nǐ mín Yǐsèliè de zuì , shǐ tāmen guī huí nǐ cìgĕi tāmen lièzǔ zhī dì .

35 Nǐde mín yīn dé zuì nǐ , nǐ chéngfá tāmen , shǐ tiān bì sāi bú xiàyǔ . tāmen ruò xiàng cǐ chù dǎogào , chéngrèn nǐde míng , líkāi tāmende zuì ,

36 Qiú nǐ zaì tiān shàng chuí tīng , shèmiǎn nǐ púrén Yǐsèliè mín de zuì , jiāng dāng xíng de shàn dào zhǐjiào tāmen , qiĕ jiàng yǔ zaì nǐde dì , jiù shì nǐ cìgĕi nǐ mín wèi yè zhī dì .

37 Guó zhōng ruò yǒu jīhuāng , wēnyì , hàn fēng , méi làn , huángchóng , mā zhà , huò yǒu chóudí fàn jìng wéi kùn chéngyì , wúlùn zāoyù shénme zāihuò jíbìng ,