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15 Now shall mine eyes be opened, and mine ears attending to the prayer of this place. 16 And now I chose and I consecrated this house for my name to be there even to forever: and mine eyes and my heart were there all the days. 17 And thou, if thou wilt go before me as David thy father went, and to do according to all that I commanded thee, and my law and my judgment thou shalt watch: 18 And I set up the throne of thy kingdom according as I cut out to David thy father, saying, There shall not be cut off to thee a man ruling over Israel. 19 And if ye shall turn away and forsake my laws and my covenant which I gave before you, and ye went and served other gods and worshiped to them; 20 And I plucked them up from my land which I gave to them; and this house which I consecrated to my name I will cast from my face, and I will give it for a parable and for a derision among all peoples. 21 And this house which was high shall astonish to every one passing by it; and saying, For what did Jehovah thus to this land and to this house? 22 And they said, Because they forsook Jehovah the God of their fathers who brought them forth from the land of Egypt; and they will lay hold upon other gods and worship to them, and serve them: for this he brought upon them all this evil. 2 Chronicles 7:15-22, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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