John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 8:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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When heaven is shut up, etc.] As it may be said to be when the air is quite serene, and not a cloud in it: and there is no rain; in its season, neither the former nor the latter, as it was in the times of Elijah: because they have sinned against thee; want of rain was threatened in case of sin, and was always the effect of it, (<032619>Leviticus 26:19,20 <052823> Deuteronomy 28:23,24), if they pray towards this place; in any part of the country where they were; for it sometimes rained on one city, and not on another, (<300407>Amos 4:7) and confess thy name; own his power and his providence, and the justness of his dealings with them: and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them; their affliction being made useful, to bring them to a sense of their sin, and to repentance for it, and reformation from it; or, “when thou hearest” or “answerest them” f156; so the Targum, receives their prayer; thus the goodness of God leads to repentance.

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