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2 Chronicles 6:26

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6:26 “The time will come when 1  the skies 2  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people 3  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, 4  and turn away from their sin because you punish 5  them,

1 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

2 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

3 tn Heb “they.”

4 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

5 tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿannem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).



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