2 Chronicles 7:15

7:15 Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 16:9

16:9 Certainly ²  the Lord watches the whole earth carefully ³  and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. ⁴  You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

2 Chronicles 16:1

16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 8:1

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8:1 After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,

Psalms 34:15

34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly

and hears their cry for help. ⁶ 

Isaiah 37:17

37:17 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! ⁷ 

Daniel 9:16-19

9:16 O Lord, according to all your justice, ⁸  please turn your raging anger ⁹  away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

9:17 “So now, our God, accept ¹⁰  the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to ¹¹  your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. ¹²  9:18 Listen attentively, ¹³  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ¹⁴  and the city called by your name. ¹⁵  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ¹⁶  but because your compassion is abundant. 9:19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don’t delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name.” ¹⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.” Note Solomon’s request in 6:40.

² tn Or “for.”

³ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord move quickly through all the earth.”

⁴ tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”

⁶ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”

⁷ tn Heb “Hear all the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

⁸ tn Or “righteousness.”

⁹ tn Heb “your anger and your rage.” The synonyms are joined here to emphasize the degree of God’s anger. This is best expressed in English by making one of the terms adjectival (cf. NLT “your furious anger”; CEV “terribly angry”).

¹⁰ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

¹¹ tn Heb “let your face shine.” This idiom pictures God smiling in favor. See Pss 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19.

¹² tn Heb “for the sake of my Lord.” Theodotion has “for your sake.” Cf. v. 19.

¹³ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

¹⁵ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

¹⁶ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “for your name is called over your city and your people.” See the note on this expression in v 18.