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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.
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However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear [their prayer] from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country.
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My eyes will be open, and my ears will pay attention to those prayers at this place.
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I have chosen and declared this temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.
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"If you will be faithful to me as your father David was, do everything I command, and obey my laws and rules,