# please listen from the heavens

To "listen" is an idiom for responding to prayer. Alternate translation: "please honor their prayer" or "please answer their prayer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# bring them back to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors

This implies that when their enemies defeated them, God's people will have gone to live in other lands. Alternate translation: "bring them back to their own land" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

