2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 7:14
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.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and if My people | עַמִּ֜י | ‘am·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H5971 people |
| who | אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| are called | נִֽקְרָא־ | niq·rā- | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| by | עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם | ‘ă·lê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H5921 height |
| My name | שְׁמִ֣י | šə·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H8034 name |
| humble themselves | וְיִכָּנְע֨וּ | wə·yik·kā·nə·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3665 be humble |
| and pray | וְיִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ֙ | wə·yiṯ·pal·lū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H6419 intervene, interpose |
| and seek | וִֽיבַקְשׁ֣וּ | wî·ḇaq·šū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1245 seek |
| My face | פָנַ֔י | p̄ā·nay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
| and turn | וְיָשֻׁ֖בוּ | wə·yā·šu·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| their wicked | הָרָעִ֑ים | hā·rā·‘îm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H7451 bad, evil |
| ways | מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֣ם | mid·dar·ḵê·hem | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| then I | וַאֲנִי֙ | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| will hear | אֶשְׁמַ֣ע | ’eš·ma‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H8085 hear |
| from heaven | הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| forgive | וְאֶסְלַח֙ | wə·’es·laḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | H5545 forgive, pardon |
| their sin | לְחַטָּאתָ֔ם | lə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H2403 offence, penalty, occasion |
| and heal | וְאֶרְפָּ֖א | wə·’er·pā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | H7495 heal |
| their land | אַרְצָֽם׃ | ’ar·ṣām | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H776 earth, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Lamentations 3:40–41 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · James 4:9–10 · Proverbs 28:13 · 2 Chronicles 6:37–39 · Deuteronomy 4:29–30 · Jeremiah 33:6 · 2 Chronicles 33:12–13 · Ezekiel 33:11 · 2 Chronicles 6:27 · Leviticus 26:40–41 · Ezekiel 18:27–30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.