The seven gaunt and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
However, there will arise after them seven years of famine. All the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.
I will provide for you there, for there are still five years of famine to come, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.” ’
There was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get up and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.”