2Ch 7:14 | NET2full | STEP | if my people , who belong to me , humble themselves, pray , seek to please me , and repudiate their sinful practices , then I will respond from heaven , forgive their sin , and heal their land .

‏ 2 Chronicles 7:14

14 if my people, who belong to me, ^{▼▼tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.} humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ^{▼▼tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.} and repudiate their sinful practices, ^{▼▼tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”} then I will respond ^{▼▼tn Heb “hear.”} from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ^{▼▼sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.}