Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 7:13
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
13. to devour the land ] LXX. to devour the trees; cp. Exo 10:15; Joe 1:6-7.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
13 15. These vv. have no parallel in 1 Kings.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 13. Or if I send pestilence] “The angel of death.” – Targum.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
If I command the locusts, i.e. use my authority and power over them to cause them to do so. A metaphor elsewhere used in reference to unreasonable creatures, as 1Ki 17:4; Amo 9:3, who are not properly capable of a command, or of obedience.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 2Ch 7:12].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) If I shut up heaven that there be no rain.Deu. 11:17; 2Ch. 6:26.
If.Hn, as in Jer. 3:1; Isa. 54:15.
The locusts.Hgb, a winged and edible species (Lev. 11:22). In 2Ch. 6:28, two other kinds, the arbeh and hsl, were mentioned.
If I send pestilence.2Ch. 6:28; 1 Chronicles 21
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Ver. 13. If I shut up heaven, &c. ] In answer this is to that prayer of Solomon, 1Ki 8:35 ; 1Ki 8:37 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
If I shut up heaven: 2Ch 6:26-28, Deu 11:17, Job 11:10, Job 12:14, Psa 107:34, Luk 4:25, Rev 3:7, Rev 11:6
I command: Exo 10:4-6, Psa 105:34, Joe 1:4-7, Joe 2:25
I send: Num 14:12, Num 16:46, Num 16:47, 2Sa 24:13-15, Eze 14:19-21
Reciprocal: Joe 2:12 – turn Amo 4:7 – I have Zec 14:17 – even
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 7:13. If I command the locusts to devour the land That is, use my authority and power over them to cause them to do so. A metaphor elsewhere used in reference to irrational animals, as 1Ki 17:4, Amo 9:3, which are not properly capable of receiving a command, or of paying obedience to it. Other national judgments are here supposed, such as famine, war, and the ravages of savage beasts.