2 Chronicles 7:15 (YLT)

Passage

`Now, Mine eyes are open, and Mine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place;

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:13 If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people--

2 Chronicles 7:14 and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I--I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:15 `Now, Mine eyes are open, and Mine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place;

2 Chronicles 7:16 and now, I have chosen and sanctified this house for My name being there unto the age; yea, Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days.

2 Chronicles 7:17 `And thou, if thou dost walk before Me as David thy father walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and My statutes and My judgments dost keep--

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mine", "eyes", "open", "ears", "attentive", "prayer", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mine" and "eyes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "and My people on whom My name..." into verse 16's "and now I have chosen and sanctified...", so "mine" and "eyes" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mine" and "eyes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.