Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or if I give orders, and command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people: If I shut up heaven 2 Chronicles 6:26-28 If the heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the sin of the people, and they shall pray to thee in this place, and confess to thy name, and be converted from their sins, where thou dost afflict them, . . . Deuteronomy 11:17 And the Lord being angry shut up heaven, that the rain come not down, nor the earth yield her fruit, and you perish quickly from the excellent land, which the Lord will give you. Job 11:10 If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him? Job 12:14 If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a man, there is none that can open. Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Luke 4:25 In truth I say to You, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth. Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth: Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things saith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth: Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. I command Exodus 10:4-6 But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go, behold I will bring in to-morrow the locusts into thy coasts; . . . Psalm 105:34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the bruchus, of which there was no number. Joel 1:4-7 That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed. . . . Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years which the locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm hath eaten; my great host which I sent upon you. I send Numbers 14:12 I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great nation, and a mightier than this is. Numbers 16:46,47 Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth. . . . 2 Samuel 24:13-15 And when Gad was come to David, he told him, saying: Either seven years of famine shall come to thee in thy land: or thou shalt flee three months before thy adversaries, and they shall pursue thee: or for three days there shall be a pestilence in thy land. Now therefore deliberate, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. . . . Ezekiel 14:19-21 Or if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and pour out my indignation upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: . . . Context The LORD's Response to Solomon…12And the Lord appeared to him by night, and said: I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 13If I shut up heaven, and there fall no rain, or if I give orders, and command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:14And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.… Cross References Deuteronomy 11:17 And the Lord being angry shut up heaven, that the rain come not down, nor the earth yield her fruit, and you perish quickly from the excellent land, which the Lord will give you. 2 Chronicles 6:26 If the heavens be shut up, and there fall no rain by reason of the sin of the people, and they shall pray to thee in this place, and confess to thy name, and be converted from their sins, where thou dost afflict them, Amos 4:7 I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon on city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered. Lexicon Ifהֵ֣ן (hên) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold! I close אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר (’e·‘ĕ·ṣōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble the sky הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky so there is יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be no וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no rain, מָטָ֔ר (mā·ṭār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4306: Rain or if וְהֵן־ (wə·hên-) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold! I command אֲצַוֶּ֥ה (’ă·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order the locust חָגָ֖ב (ḥā·ḡāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2284: Locust, grasshopper to devour לֶאֱכ֣וֹל (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat the land, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land or if וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I send אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח (’ă·šal·laḥ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out a plague דֶּ֖בֶר (de·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1698: A pestilence among My people, בְּעַמִּֽי׃ (bə·‘am·mî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Additional Translations If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people; If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; "If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people -- Jump to Previous Charge Command Consume Destruction Devour Disease Heaven Heavens Locust Pestilence Plague Rain Restrain Shut Sky WordJump to Next Charge Command Consume Destruction Devour Disease Heaven Heavens Locust Pestilence Plague Rain Restrain Shut Sky WordExternal Links 2 Chronicles 7:13 NIV2 Chronicles 7:13 NLT 2 Chronicles 7:13 ESV 2 Chronicles 7:13 NASB 2 Chronicles 7:13 ASV 2 Chronicles 7:13 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 7:13 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 7:13 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 7:13 French Bible 2 Chronicles 7:13 German Bible Alphabetical: a among command devour heavens I If is land locust locusts my no or people pestilence plague rain send shut so that the there to up When OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up the sky so (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |