2 Chronicles 6:37

37 but {if they repent} in the land where they were taken captive and {repent} and beg you for mercy in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned and acted perversely and done wickedly,

2 Chronicles 6:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:37

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:37 In-Context

35 then may you hear their prayer and their pleas from the heavens and uphold their case.

36 When they sin against you--for there is no person who does not sin--and you become angry with them and place them before their enemy that they carry them away as captives to a land far or near,

37 but {if they repent} in the land where they were taken captive and {repent} and beg you for mercy in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned and acted perversely and done wickedly,

38 and we return to you,' with their whole heart and with all their inmost being in the land of their captivity where they took them captive, and [if] they pray toward their land that you have given to their ancestors and the city that you have chosen and to the house that I have built for your name,

39 then may you hear their prayer and their pleas from the heavens, from your dwelling place, and uphold their case and forgive your people who sinned against you.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "if they turn back to their heart"
• [b]. Literally "turn back"