"Therefore,becauseof you the skyhas withheldits dewand the earthhas withheldits produce.
Now Elijahthe Tishbite,who was of the settlersof Gilead,saidto Ahab,"As the LORD,the Godof Israellives,beforewhomI stand,surelythere shall be neitherdewnor raintheseyears,exceptby my word."
"When the heavensare shutup and there is norain,becausethey have sinnedagainst You, and they praytowardthisplaceand confessYour nameand turnfrom their sinwhenYou afflictthem,
"Therefore,I will takebackMy grainat harvest timeAnd My newwinein its season.I will also takeawayMy wooland My flax[Given] to coverher nakedness.
I will also breakdownyour prideof power;I will also makeyour skylike ironand your earthlike bronze.
"You have sownmuch,but harvestlittle;[you] eat,but [there is] not [enough] to be satisfied;[you] drink,but [there is] not [enough] to becomedrunk;[you] puton clothing,but nooneis warm[enough]; and he who earns,earnswages[to put] into a pursewith holes."
