After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord.

希西家从使者手里接过书信来，看完了，就上耶和华的殿，将书信在耶和华面前展开。

希西家从使者手里接过书信，看完了，就上耶和华的殿，在耶和华面前展开书信。

希西家从使者手里接过书信，看完了，就上耶和华的殿，在耶和华面前展开书信。

希西迦从使者手中接过信，读完后走进耶和华的殿，在耶和华面前展开信，

希西家从使者手里接过信卷，读完了，就上耶和华的殿，在耶和华面前把信卷展开。

希西加从使者们手里接过书信，读完了，就上耶和华的殿，在耶和华面前展开书信。

希西家從使者手裏接過書信來，看完了，就上耶和華的殿，將書信在耶和華面前展開。

希西家從使者手裏接過書信，看完了，就上耶和華的殿，在耶和華面前展開書信。

希西家從使者手裏接過書信，看完了，就上耶和華的殿，在耶和華面前展開書信。

希西迦從使者手中接過信，讀完後走進耶和華的殿，在耶和華面前展開信，

希西家從使者手裡接過信卷，讀完了，就上耶和華的殿，在耶和華面前把信卷展開。

希西家從使者手裏把文書接過來；唸完了，就上永恆主的殿；希西家將文書展開在永恆主面前。

希西加從使者們手裡接過書信，讀完了，就上耶和華的殿，在耶和華面前展開書信。

希西家自使者手、接書讀之、遂上耶和華室、展於耶和華前、

希西家接使者所致之書、展讀既竟、則進耶和華殿、陳於其前、

希西家自使者手、接書讀之、既畢、遂上主之殿、以書展於主前、

Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

When Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, he read it. Then he went up to the Lord’ s temple. There he spread the letter out in front of the Lord.

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers’ hands, read it, then went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.

Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, then went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s temple and spread it out before the LORD.

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.

I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.So many enemies against one man— all of them trying to kill me. To them I’m just a broken down wall or a tottering fence.

May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.“ If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar at this Temple,then hear from heaven and judge between your servants— the accuser and the accused. Pay back the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.“ If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn back and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave to them and to their ancestors.“ If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.“ If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns— whatever disaster or disease there is—and if your people Israel pray about their troubles or sorrow, raising their hands toward this Temple,then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.Then they will fear you and walk in your ways as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.“ In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands when they hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.“ If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to you by turning toward this city you have chosen and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.“ If they sin against you— and who has never sinned?— you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to a foreign land far away or near.But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray,‘ We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.’If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors— toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.“ O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.“ And now arise, O Lord God, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power. May your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation; may your loyal servants rejoice in your goodness.O Lord God, do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”

After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord.

Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you today.May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said,‘ My name will be there.’ May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.

The Lord said to him,“ I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy— this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

God is honored in Judah; his name is great in Israel.Jerusalem is where he lives; Mount Zion is his home.There he has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy, the shields and swords and weapons of war. Interlude

I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy, for we have had our fill of contempt.We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.

and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,

When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the Lord.

For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock.

Let the priests, who minister in the Lord’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray,“ Spare your people, Lord! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,‘ Has the God of Israel left them?’”Then the Lord will pity his people and jealously guard the honor of his land.The Lord will reply,“ Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy your needs. You will no longer be an object of mockery among the surrounding nations.I will drive away these armies from the north. I will send them into the parched wastelands. Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea, and those at the rear into the Mediterranean. The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.” Surely the Lord has done great things!