2Chronicles:7:12-22
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And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night ,
and said unto him ,
I have heard thy prayer ,
and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice .
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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 ;
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If my people ,
which are called by my name ,
shall humble themselves ,
and pray ,
and seek my face ,
and turn from their wicked ways ;
then will I hear from heaven ,
and will forgive their sin ,
and will heal their land .
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Now mine eyes shall be open ,
and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place .
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For now have I chosen and sanctified this house ,
that my name may be there for ever :
and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually .
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And as for thee ,
if thou wilt walk before me ,
as David thy father walked ,
and do according to all that I have commanded thee ,
and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments ;
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Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom ,
according as I have covenanted with David thy father ,
saying ,
There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel .
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But if ye turn away ,
and forsake my statutes and my commandments ,
which I have set before you ,
and shall go and serve other gods ,
and worship them ;
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Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them ;
and this house ,
which I have sanctified for my name ,
will I cast out of my sight ,
and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations .
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And this house ,
which is high ,
shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it ;
so that he shall say ,
Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land ,
and unto this house ?
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And it shall be answered ,
Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers ,
which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt ,
and laid hold on other gods ,
and worshipped them ,
and served them :
therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them .