Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’
Leviticus 26:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field yield their fruit. American Standard Version (1901) then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Common English Bible I will give you rain at the proper time, the land will produce its yield, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. Catholic Public Domain Version and the ground shall bring forth its seedlings, and the trees shall be filled again with fruit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ground shall bring forth its increase: and the trees shall be filled with fruit. |
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’
Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briars will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.
Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the skies alone give showers? Are you not the Lord our God? We therefore put our hope in you, for you have done all these things.
I will also make the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer experience reproach among the nations on account of famine.
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.
Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.
I will appoint my blessing for you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.
‘For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.
so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. For he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
although he did not leave himself without a witness, since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.’
‘If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship him with all your heart and all your soul,
I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and fresh oil.
The Lord will open for you his abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.
They have authority to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague whenever they want.