40. Do this so your people will respect you all the time they live in this land. This is the land you gave to our ancestors.
41-42. “People who are not Israelites, who come from other lands, will hear about your greatness and power. They will come from far away to pray at this Temple.
43. Please hear their prayers from your home in heaven. Please do whatever they ask you. Then people everywhere will know you and respect you, as your people in Israel do. Then everyone will know I built this Temple for worship to you.
44. “Sometimes you will command your people to go and fight against their enemies. Then your people will pray to you facing this city which you have chosen. They will pray facing the Temple I have built for your worship.
45. When they pray, hear their prayers from your home in heaven. Then help them.
46. “Everyone sins. So your people will also sin against you. And you will become angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them away to their own countries.
47. Your people might be sorry for their sins when they are held as prisoners in another country. Perhaps they will be sorry and pray to you in the land where they are held as prisoners. They might say, ‘We have sinned and done wrong.’
48. They may truly turn back to you in the land of their enemies. Perhaps they will pray to you, facing this land you gave their fathers. They may pray to you, facing this city you have chosen. They may face this Temple I have built for your worship.
49. If they do, then please hear them from your home in heaven. Hear their prayers and do what is right.
50. Forgive your people of all their sins. And forgive them for turning against you. Make those who have taken them as prisoners show them mercy.
51. Remember that they are your people. Remember that you brought them out of Egypt. It was as if you pulled them out of a blazing furnace!
52. “Please give your attention to my prayers. And please give your attention to the prayers of your people Israel. Listen to their prayers anytime they ask you for help.