2 Chronicles 32:20
Hebrew Text— 2 Chronicles 32:20Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven.
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casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.
Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,
Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.”
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’ ”
You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.
Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”
There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.
So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.
When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
You will make your prayer to him, and he will hear you. You will pay your vows.
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”
David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God Yahweh’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
But if you will go, take action, and be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow.”
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.
You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
While he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn’t he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh relented of the disaster which he had pronounced against them? We would commit great evil against our own souls that way!”
But if they are prophets, and if Yahweh’s word is with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Armies, that the vessels which are left in Yahweh’s house, in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don’t go to Babylon.
that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’