2 Chronicles 6:21

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Summary

Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

Thy dwelling place

Matthew 6:9

Forgive

Bible References

Thy dwelling place

then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven.

“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

A Song of Ascents.
To You I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few.

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who

lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

“Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.

Forgive

You forgave the iniquity of Your people;
You covered all their sin.

Selah.

If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

“I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.

O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.