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2 Chronicles 6:33-37 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

33. may You hear in heaven in Your dwelling place,and do all the foreigner asks You.Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name,to fear You as Your people Israel doand know that this temple I have builtis called by Your name.

34. When Your people go out to fight against their enemies,wherever You send them,and they pray to Youin the direction of this city You have chosen and the temple that I have built for Your name,

35. may You hear their prayer and petition in heavenand uphold their cause.

36. When they sin against You —for there is no one who does not sin —and You are angry with themand hand them over to the enemy,and their captors deport themto a distant or nearby country,

37. and when they come to their sensesin the land where they were deportedand repent and petition You in their captors’ land,saying: “We have sinned and done wrong;we have been wicked,”

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