列王纪上 8:35

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“如果他們因為得罪了你，天就閉塞不下雨；他們若是向這地方禱告，承認你的名；又因你苦待他們，就離開他們的罪，

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 的 民 因 得 罪 你 ， 你 惩 罚 他 们 ， 使 天 闭 塞 不 下 雨 ； 他 们 若 向 此 处 祷 告 ， 承 认 你 的 名 ， 离 开 他 们 的 罪 ，

Contextual Overview

²² Then Solomon stood facing the Lord 's altar, and all the Israelites were standing behind him. He spread out his hands toward the sky ²³ and said: " Lord , God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep your agreement of love with your servants who truly follow you. ²⁴ You have kept the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You spoke it with your own mouth and finished it with your hands today. ²⁵ Now Lord , God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You said, ‘If your sons are careful to obey me as you have obeyed me, there will always be someone from your family ruling Israel.' ²⁶ Now, God of Israel, please continue to keep that promise you made to your servant David, my father. ²⁷ "But, God, can you really live here on the earth? The sky and the highest place in heaven cannot contain you. Surely this house which I have built cannot contain you. ²⁸ But please listen to my prayer and my request, because I am your servant. Lord my God, hear this prayer your servant prays to you today. ²⁹ Night and day please watch over this Temple where you have said, ‘I will be worshiped there.' Hear the prayer I pray facing this Temple. ³⁰ Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people Israel when we pray facing this place. Hear from your home in heaven, and when you hear, forgive us. ³¹ "If someone wrongs another person, he will be brought to the altar in this Temple. If he swears an oath that he is not guilty,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

heaven: 1 Kings 17:1, Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 28:12, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, 2 Samuel 24:13, Jeremiah 14:1-7, Ezekiel 14:13, Malachi 3:10, Luke 4:25, Revelation 11:6

if they pray: 1 Kings 8:33, 2 Chronicles 6:24, 2 Chronicles 6:26, Romans 10:9, Romans 15:9

confess: 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:30, Joel 1:13-20, Joel 2:15-17

and turn: 1 Kings 8:33, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 9:13, Ezekiel 18:30-32, Hosea 14:1

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:27 - when thou hast 2 Chronicles 7:16 - my name Job 12:15 - Behold Psalms 5:7 - I worship Amos 4:7 - I have Haggai 1:10 - General Zechariah 14:17 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When heaven is shut up,.... As it may be said to be when the air is quite serene, and not a cloud in it:

and there is no rain; in its season, neither the former nor the latter, as it was in the times of Elijah:

because they have sinned against thee; want of rain was threatened in case of sin, and was always the effect of it, Leviticus 26:19,

if they pray towards this place; in any part of the country where they were; for it sometimes rained on one city, and not on another, Amos 4:7

and confess thy name; own his power and his providence, and the justness of his dealings with them:

and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them; their affliction being made useful, to bring them to a sense of their sin, and to repentance for it, and reformation from it; or, "when thou hearest" or "answerest them" g; so the Targum, receives their prayer; thus the goodness of God leads to repentance.

g כי תענם "cum exaudieris eos", Vatablus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 35. When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain — The THIRD case. When, because of their sin, and their ceasing to walk in the good way in which they should have walked, God refuses to send the early and latter rain, so that the appointed weeks of harvest come in vain, as there is no crop: then, if they pray and confess their sin, hear thou in heaven, &c.