2 Chronicles 6:21
Hebrew Text— 2 Chronicles 6:21Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
Morphological data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Connection Network
Click a node to navigate. Drag to explore.
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”
“I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.”
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
For your name’s sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities.
I myself am Yahweh. Besides me, there is no savior.
In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none; also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “I don’t do this for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”
Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
I don’t do this for your sake,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Let it be known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.”
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.
I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am proven holy in you before their eyes.
In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.
For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children will find compassion before those who led them captive, and will come again into this land, because Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.”
He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”
The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.
for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.
Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
None of his transgressions that he has committed will be remembered against him. In his righteousness that he has done, he shall live.
None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done that which is lawful and right. He will surely live.
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”
Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone
Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.
Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.