2 Chronicles 6:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

When thou hast

Good way

Isaiah 30:21

Jeremiah 6:16

Jeremiah 42:3

Send rain

Bible References

When thou hast

"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,

Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

(He) Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually.

Many nations will come, saying, "Come on! Let's go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of Jacob's God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws." For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord's teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

Good way

You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, "This is the correct way, walk in it," whether you are heading to the right or the left.

The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"

Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

Send rain

Elijah told them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let even one of them escape!" So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.

He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,

They do not say to themselves, "Let us revere the Lord our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest."

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.

"At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the Lord. "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains -- both the early and the late rains as formerly.

Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains -- the Lord who causes thunderstorms -- and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!