2Ch 7:13 | NETfull | STEP | When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,

2 Chronicles 7:13

13 When ^{▼▼ Or “if.”} I close up the sky ^{▼▼ Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.} so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, ^{▼▼ Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.} or send a plague among my people,