13 ^aWhen I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,  ‡

14 if My people who are ^acalled by My name will ^bhumble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, ^cthen I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.  ‡

16 For now ^aI have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and² My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.  ‡

17 ^aAs for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,  ‡