Heaven; the lower heaven, in which the clouds are; as Deuteronomy 11:17 Psalms 147:8. Is shut up; the heaven is compared to a great store-house in God's keeping, out of which nothing can be had so long as it is close shut up. If they turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them; do not reject their prayers, because they are forced from them by their afflictions, as thou mayest justly do.
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1 Kings 8:35
35 When 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 afflictest them: