2 Chronicles 7:14
King James Version
14 If my people,
which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves,
and pray,
and seek my face,
and turn from their wicked ways;
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.
The previous post spoke of backsliding Israel.
GOD punishes, accordingly.
What happens when His people turn back to Him?
What does GOD do?
Here's what we found:
Judges 2:16
King James Version
16 Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges,
which delivered them
out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
Judges 2:18
King James Version
18 And when the Lord raised them up judges,
then the Lord was with the judge,
and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies
all the days of the judge:
for it repented the Lord because of their groanings
by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Judges 6:6-14
King James Version
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished
because of the Midianites;
and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
7 And it came to pass,
when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord
because of the Midianites,
8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel,
which said unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
I brought you up from Egypt,
and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and out of the hand of all that oppressed you,
and drave them out from before you,
and gave you their land;
10 And I said unto you,
I am the Lord your God;
fear not the gods of the Amorites,
in whose land ye dwell:
but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 And there came an angel of the Lord,
and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah,
that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite:
and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress,
to hide it from the Midianites.
12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him,
and said unto him,
The Lord is with thee,
thou mighty man of valour.
13 And Gideon said unto him,
Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us,
why then is all this befallen us?
and where be all his miracles
which our fathers told us of,
saying,
Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?
but now the Lord hath forsaken us,
and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 And the Lord looked upon him,
and said,
Go in this thy might,
and thou shalt save Israel
from the hand of the Midianites:
have not I sent thee?
Judges 10:10-12
King James Version
10 And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord,
saying,
We have sinned against thee,
both because we have forsaken our God,
and also served Baalim.
11 And the Lord said unto the children of Israel,
Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians,
and from the Amorites,
from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines?
12 The Zidonians also,
and the Amalekites,
and the Maonites, did oppress you;
and ye cried to me,
and I delivered you out of their hand.
Judges 13:1-5
King James Version
13 And the children of Israel did evil again
in the sight of the Lord;
and the Lord delivered them
into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 And there was a certain man of Zorah,
of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah;
and his wife was barren, and bare not.
3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman,
and said unto her,
Behold now,
thou art barren, and bearest not:
but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
4 Now therefore beware,
I pray thee,
and drink not wine nor strong drink,
and eat not any unclean thing:
5 For, lo,
thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
and no razor shall come on his head:
for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God
from the womb:
and he shall begin to deliver Israel
out of the hand of the Philistines.
Note what GOD did for repentant Israel:
then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land
the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them
the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge
the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel
the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
I delivered you out of their hand
the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son...he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines
More on Israel's FAITHFUL GOD here.
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