There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when it didn’t rain for three and a half years and there wasn’t enough food to eat anywhere in the land.
At that time Jesus was filled with joy through the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you’ve hidden these things from wise and educated people and shown them to little children. Yes, Father, this is what you wanted to do.
These witnesses have the power to close up the sky so that it won’t rain during the time when they’re prophesying. They also have the power to turn the rivers and the sea into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.