Thematic Bible: Temporal judgments averted by

and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.

Verse Concepts

Forgiveness, DivineFellowship, In The GospelFace Of GodEarnestnessAssurance, nature ofGospel, Requirements OfHumilityPrayer, Advice For EffectivePrayer, God's Promises ConcerningReformationRenunciationRevival, Nature OfSearching

Seeking GodSin, Deliverance From GodPenitencePrayer, Offered WithSpiritual AdoptionRepentanceConfessionGod Healing Our LandBeing HumbleHumble Yourselfhumblenesshumble

Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, The Lord is righteous. And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.