Ahab said to Obadiah, ‘Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.’
Deuteronomy 11:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will provide grass in your fields for your livestock. You will eat and be satisfied. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full. American Standard Version (1901) And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full. Common English Bible He will also make your fields lush for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied. Catholic Public Domain Version and your hay from the fields in order to feed your cattle, and so that you yourselves may eat and be satisfied. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And your hay out of the fields to feed your cattle: and that you may eat and be filled. |
Ahab said to Obadiah, ‘Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.’
Even the doe in the field gives birth and abandons her fawn since there is no grass.
How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep and goats suffer punishment.
The Lord answered his people: Look, I am about to send you grain, new wine, and fresh oil. You will be satiated with them, and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations.
Don’t be afraid, wild animals, for the wilderness pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.
You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied. You will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. My people will never again be put to shame.
Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land.
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.’
houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant #– #and when you eat and are satisfied,
When you eat and are full, you will bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.