From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.

Our fathers were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him. … Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive. … Then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you. … God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

For I will save them from all their sinful backsliding, and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. … I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever. My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy, when my sanctuary is among them forever.

Ps 33:13-15; 2Ch 29:6-7, 2Ch 6:21, 1Ki 8:49-50, 2Ch 30:27; Ez 37:23, Ez 37:26-28

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