then I shall giveyou rainsin their season,so that the landwill yieldits produceand the treesof the fieldwill beartheir fruit.
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."
"He givesrainon the earthAnd sendswateron the fields,
He watersthe mountainsfrom His upperchambers;The earthis satisfiedwith the fruitof His works.
The earthhas yieldedits produce;God,our God,blessesus.
Godblessesus, That allthe endsof the earthmay fearHim.
You shedabroada plentifulrain,O God;You confirmedYour inheritancewhen it was parched.
Indeed,the LORDwill givewhatis good,And our landwill yieldits produce.
Righteousnesswill gobeforeHim And will makeHis footstepsinto a way.
Then He will give[you] rainfor the seedwhichyou will sowin the ground,and bread[from] the yieldof the ground,and it will be richand plenteous;on that dayyour livestockwill grazein a roomypasture.
"I will layit waste;It will not be prunedor hoed,But briarsand thornswill comeup. I will also chargethe cloudsto rainnorainon it."
Are thereanyamong the idolsof the nationswho giverain?Orcan the heavensgrantshowers?Is it not You, O LORDour God?Therefore we hopein You, For You are the one who has doneallthesethings.
"I will multiplythe fruitof the treeand the produceof the field,sothat you will not receiveagainthe disgraceof famineamong the nations.
Do not fear,beastsof the field,For the pasturesof the wildernesshave turnedgreen,For the treehas borneits fruit,The figtreeand the vinehave yieldedin full.
Then the landwill yieldits produce,so that you can eatyour filland livesecurelyon it.
then I will so orderMy blessingfor you in the sixthyearthat it will bringforththe cropfor threeyears.
For [there will be] peacefor the seed:the vinewill yieldits fruit,the landwill yieldits produceand the heavenswill givetheir dew;and I will cause the remnantof thispeopleto inheritallthese[things].
sothat you may be sonsof your Fatherwhois in heaven;for He causesHis sunto riseon [the] eviland [the] good,and sends rainon [the] righteousand [the] unrighteous.
and yetHe did not leaveHimselfwithout witness,in that He did goodand gaveyou rainsfrom heavenand fruitfulseasons,satisfyingyour heartswith foodand gladness."
"It shall comeabout, ifyou listenobedientlyto my commandmentswhichI am commandingyou today,to lovethe LORDyour Godand to serveHim with allyour heartand allyour soul,
that He will givethe rainfor your landin its season,the earlyand laterain,that you may gatherin your grainand your newwineand your oil.
"The LORDwill openfor you His goodstorehouse,the heavens,to giverainto your landin its seasonand to blessallthe workof your hand;and you shall lendto manynations,but you shall not borrow.
Thereforebe patient,brethren,untilthe comingof the Lord.The farmerwaitsfor the preciousproduceof the soil,being patientaboutit, untilit getsthe earlyand laterains.
Thesehavethe powerto shutup the sky,sothat rainwill not fallduring the daysof their prophesying;and they havepoweroverthe watersto turnthem into blood,and to strikethe earthwith everyplague,as oftenas they desire.
