2 Chronicles 6:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

The heaven

There is no rain

Revelation 11:6

Turn

Proverbs 28:13

Ezekiel 18:27

Thou dost

2 Chronicles 33:12

Hosea 5:15

Hosea 6:1

Bible References

The heaven

I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.

Jehovah will become angry with you. He will shut the sky and there will be no rain. Then the ground will not grow any crops. You will quickly disappear from this good land Jehovah is giving you.

The sky above will look like copper and the ground below will be as hard as iron.

I tell you truth. There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. There was no rain from heaven three years and six months. There came a great famine over all the land.

There is no rain

This is what Jehovah says: Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.

It will turn into a desert, neither pruned nor cultivated. It will be covered with thorns and briars. I will command the clouds not to send rain.

Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful to me. I will stretch out my hand (use my power) against it, cut off its food supply, send a famine to it, and destroy its people and animals.

Come to Bethel and transgress! Come to Gilgal and multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning and your tithes every three days.

These (two witnesses) have power to shut the sky so that it will not rain in the days of their prophecy. They have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Turn

The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.

When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live.

Thou dost

When he experienced distress, he begged Jehovah his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek me. They will seek me earnestly in their affliction.

Come, and let us return to Jehovah. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us. He has wounded us but he will bandage us.