1Ki 8:33, Isa 1:15-16, 9:13, Eze 18:30-32, Hos 14:1 | ESV | STEP | When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house ,

q[See ver. 30 above]

1 Kings 8:33

33 ^a“When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and ^bif they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house,

Isaiah 1:15-16

15 When you ^cspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^deven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^eyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^fWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^gcease to do evil,

Isaiah 9:13

13 The people ^hdid not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.

Ezekiel 18:30-32

30 “Therefore ⁱI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^jRepent and turn from all your transgressions, ^klest iniquity be your ruin. ^{▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block} 31 ^mCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ⁿmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^oWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 ^pFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^qso turn, and live.”

Hosea 14:1

A Plea to Return to the Lord

1 ^rReturn, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for ^syou have stumbled because of your iniquity.