And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all springs of water, and to all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, so that we do not lose all the beasts.
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and disappointed, and covered their heads.
Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do sprout, for the tree bears her fruit, the fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: