12. the Lord appeared to him at night and said:‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
13. ‘When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
14. if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
15. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
16. I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there for ever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.