Tanach
Divrei HaYamim II 6:26-27 דברי הימים ב ו׳:כ״ו-כ״ז
Part of: Chapter 6
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בְּהֵעָצֵר הַשָּׁמַיִם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה מָטָר כִּי יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָךְ וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וְהוֹדוּ אֶת־שְׁמֶךָ מֵחַטָּאתָם יְשׁוּבוּן כִּי תַעֲנֵֽם׃
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;
Rashi
וְאַתָּה ׀ תִּשְׁמַע הַשָּׁמַיִם וְסָלַחְתָּ לְחַטַּאת עֲבָדֶיךָ וְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי תוֹרֵם אֶל־הַדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר יֵֽלְכוּ־בָהּ וְנָֽתַתָּה מָטָר עַֽל־אַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַתָּה לְעַמְּךָ לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ {ס}
then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and Thy people Yisra᾽el, that Thou teach them the good way, in which they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and Thy people Yisra᾽el, that Thou teach them the good way, in which they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
Rashi
כי תורם אל הדרך. כמו שעשית כשהיה רעב בימי דוד ג' שנים (שמואל ב כ״א:א׳) והורית ואמרת להם אל שאול ואל בית הדמים כמו כן תורם איזה חטא גורם להם על מה נעצרו השמים:
for You will teach them the good way as You did when there was a famine in David’s time for three years (II Sam. 21:1), and You taught them and said to them, “(It is) for Saul and (also) for his bloody house.” Likewise, so shall You teach them which sin causes them [their distress], for what reason the heaven was shut up.
בהעצר השמים. כדכתיב ועצר את השמים ולא יהיה מטר (דברים י״א:י״ז):
When heaven is shut up as it is written (Deut. 11:17): “and He will shut up the heaven, and there will be no rain.”