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<a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">New King James Version</a> When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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 a plague among My people, <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220If 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, <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “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, <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> If I shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence and plague among My people, <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If I shut 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, <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Suppose I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat the crops or make my people suffer with deadly diseases. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Whenever I hold back the rain or send locusts to eat up the crops or send an epidemic on my people, <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> Whenever I close the skies so there is no rain, or whenever I command locusts to lay waste to the land, or whenever I send epidemics among my people, <a href="/net/2_chronicles/7.htm">NET Bible</a> When I close up the sky so that it doesn't rain, or command locusts to devour the land's vegetation, or send a plague among my people, <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among my people; <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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;<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, <a href="/web/2_chronicles/7.htm">World English Bible</a> “If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people— <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people -- <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If I shall shut up the heavens and there shall not be rain, and if I shall command upon the locust to consume the land, and if I shall send death upon my people;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or if I give orders, and command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people: <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> If I close up heaven, so that no rain will fall, or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land, or if I send a pestilence among my people, <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Bible</a> If I close heaven so that there is no rain, if I command the locust to devour the land, if I send pestilence among my people, <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> If I shall choose, I shall restrain the Heavens and rain will not descend, and if I wish, I shall issue command over the locusts and they shall consume the land, and if I shall choose, I will stretch out slaughter among my people.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people; <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people; <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=1686" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">The LORD's Response to Solomon</a> …12the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13<a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/6113.htm" title="6113: ’e·‘ĕ·ṣōr (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To restrain, retain. A primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble.">I close</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the sky</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">so there is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/4306.htm" title="4306: mā·ṭār (N-ms) -- Rain. From matar; rain.">rain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: wə·hên- (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">or if</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ’ă·ṣaw·weh (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I command</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2284.htm" title="2284: ḥā·ḡāḇ (N-ms) -- Locust, grasshopper. Of uncertain derivation; a locust.">the locust</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">or if</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: ’ă·šal·laḥ (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I send</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: de·ḇer (N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">a plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: bə·‘am·mî (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">among My people,</a> 14and if 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, forgive their sin, and heal their land.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a> The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed. <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">1 Kings 8:35-36</a> When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance. <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7-9</a> “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a> I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, / and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit. <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Joel 1:17-20</a> The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. / How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. / To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. ... <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a> This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ... <a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10-11</a> Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a> I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13-21</a> “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast, / then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. / Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts, ... <a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Psalm 105:16</a> He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. <a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">Revelation 11:6</a> These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. <a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a> Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. <a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25</a> But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. <a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a> Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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;If I shut up heaven<a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">2 Chronicles 6:26-28</a> When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; … <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Deuteronomy 11:17</a> And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.<a href="/job/11-10.htm">Job 11:10</a> If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?I command<a href="/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4-6</a> Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: … <a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Psalm 105:34</a> He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,<a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4-7</a> That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten… I send<a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a> I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.<a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46,47</a> And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun… <a href="/2_samuel/24-13.htm">2 Samuel 24:13-15</a> So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/29-6.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-21.htm">Command</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-12.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-36.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">Locust</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-29.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-27.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-24.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-17.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/19-9.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Command</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-8.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-18.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/psalms/109-23.htm">Locust</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/ezra/10-13.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/job/7-11.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-3.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 7</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, </a> 2. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">and glory in the temple, the people worship him</a> 4. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-4.htm">Solomon's solemn sacrifice</a> 8. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people</a> 12. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>If I close the sky so there is no rain This phrase reflects God's sovereignty over nature and His ability to control the weather as a means of judgment or blessing. In the ancient Near East, rain was crucial for agriculture and survival, making it a powerful symbol of God's provision or displeasure. The withholding of rain is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with divine judgment for disobedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Deuteronomy 11:16-17</a>, <a href="/1_kings/17.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a>). The lack of rain would lead to drought, famine, and economic hardship, emphasizing the dependence of the people on God's favor.or if I command the locust to devour the land Locusts were one of the most feared natural disasters in the ancient world due to their ability to destroy crops and cause widespread famine. This phrase indicates God's control over even the smallest creatures to execute His will. The imagery of locusts is used elsewhere in Scripture to symbolize judgment and devastation (<a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-15</a>, <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a>). The locust plague in Egypt was one of the ten plagues that demonstrated God's power over the gods of Egypt and His ability to protect His people.or if I send a plague among My people Plagues were often seen as direct interventions by God to punish or purify His people. This phrase underscores the idea that God uses various means to bring His people back to repentance and reliance on Him. Plagues are mentioned throughout the Bible as instruments of divine judgment (<a href="/exodus/9-14.htm">Exodus 9:14</a>, <a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46-50</a>). They serve as a reminder of the consequences of sin and the need for repentance. The concept of plagues also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and redemption through Jesus Christ, who bore the ultimate plague of sin on the cross for humanity's salvation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel who built the temple in Jerusalem. This verse is part of God's response to Solomon's prayer of dedication for the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a> The central place of worship for the Israelites, symbolizing God's presence among His people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> God's chosen people, to whom this message is directly addressed. 4. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> Refers to the sky or the divine realm from which God can withhold rain. 5. <a href="/topical/l/locusts_and_plagues.htm">Locusts and Plagues</a> Natural disasters used as instruments of divine judgment or correction.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty.htm">Divine Sovereignty</a> God is sovereign over nature and uses it to communicate with His people. Recognize His authority in all circumstances. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> Disasters can be a call to examine our lives and turn back to God. Reflect on personal and communal areas needing repentance. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> The conditions mentioned are part of the covenant relationship between God and His people. Understand the importance of faithfulness in this relationship. <a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_intercession.htm">Prayer and Intercession</a> Just as Solomon interceded for Israel, believers are called to pray for their communities, especially in times of crisis. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Despite judgment, God remains faithful and offers restoration when His people return to Him. Trust in His promises and mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 7</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_pandemics.htm">What does the Bible say about pandemic diseases?</a> <a href="/q/is_joel_1_5's_call_to_drunkards_unique.htm">Does Joel 1:5’s emphasis on drunkards mourning align with other biblical calls to repentance, or is this focus unique and contradictory?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'restore_the_years'_mean.htm">What does "restore the years" mean in Joel 2:25?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_plagues_affect_everyone.htm">Why do plagues and pandemics affect religious believers and non-believers alike?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) If I shut up heaven that there be no rain.--<a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm" title="And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.">Deuteronomy 11:17</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm" title="When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them;">2Chronicles 6:26</a>.If.--H?n, as in <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm" title="They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return to her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 3:1</a>; <a href="/isaiah/54-15.htm" title="Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall for your sake.">Isaiah 54:15</a>.The locusts.--H?g?b, a winged and edible species (<a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm" title="Even these of them you may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.">Leviticus 11:22</a>). In <a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm" title="If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever sore or whatever sickness there be:">2Chronicles 6:28</a>, two other kinds, the 'arbeh and h?sil, were mentioned. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 13-15. - These three verses (the counterparts of <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">2 Chronicles 6:26, 28, 40</a>) are not in the parallel. Although we can scarcely trace the principle of their selection from the seven parts of the prayer, they would seem to have been selected from the original work, as samples of a reply which presumably embraced reference to all the seven. When, in ver. 14, it is said, I will heal their land, the telling expression, according to the Authorized Version, must be understood to refer to the removing of drought by rain. On the other hand, the Authorized Version is, in ver. 15, unfortunate in the unnecessary and misleading insertion of the italics found there, and in the use of the preposition "in" for of, the simple case construct, which is manifestly what is wanted and intended. It was not absolutely essential that prayer should be made in the place. How many references there are to prayer being made from a distance toward the place! <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>If הֵ֣ן (hên) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! I close אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר (’e·‘ĕ·ṣōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6113.htm">Strong's 6113: </a> To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble the sky הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky so there is יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be no וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no rain, מָטָ֔ר (mā·ṭār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4306.htm">Strong's 4306: </a> Rain or if וְהֵן־ (wə·hên-) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! I command אֲצַוֶּ֥ה (’ă·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order the locust חָגָ֖ב (ḥā·ḡāḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2284.htm">Strong's 2284: </a> Locust, grasshopper to devour לֶאֱכ֣וֹל (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat the land, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land or if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I send אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח (’ă·šal·laḥ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> To send away, for, out a plague דֶּ֖בֶר (de·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence among My people, בְּעַמִּֽי׃ (bə·‘am·mî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up the sky so (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>