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1 Kings 8:35

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,

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When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

KJV

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּהֵעָצֵ֥רbe.he.'a.Tzerwhen are shut upH6113 →
שָׁמַ֛יִםsha.Ma.yim[the] heavensH8064 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
מָטָ֖רma.TarrainH4306 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
יֶחֶטְאוּ־ye.chet.'u-they will sinH2398 →
לָ֑ךְLakhto you
וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֞וּve.hit.pa.Luand they will prayH6419 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמָּק֤וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְהוֹד֣וּve.ho.Duand they will praiseH3034 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שְׁמֶ֔ךָshe.Me.khaname yourH8034 →
וּמֵחַטָּאתָ֥םu.me.cha.ta.Tamand from sin theirH2403 →
יְשׁוּב֖וּןye.shu.Vunthey will turn back !H7725 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
תַעֲנֵֽם׃ta.'a.Nemyou will afflict themH6031 →

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Haggai 1:10Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.Deuteronomy 11:17or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.1 Kings 8:33When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,Leviticus 26:19I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,Luke 4:25But 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.2 Samuel 24:13So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”Revelation 11:6These 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.2 Chronicles 7:16For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.Isaiah 1:15–16When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.Romans 15:9so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”Ezekiel 14:13“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,Ezekiel 18:30–32Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.Joel 1:13–20Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.Jeremiah 14:1–7This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:1 Kings 8:29–30May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

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