Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Easy To Read Version {There will be no clouds in the sky}—the sky will look like polished brass. And the ground under you will be hard like iron. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The heavens over your head shall be brass and the earth under you shall be iron. American Standard Version (1901) And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Common English Bible The sky over your head will be as hard as bronze; the earth under your feet will be like iron. Catholic Public Domain Version May the heavens which are above you be of brass, and may the ground upon which you tread be of iron. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. |
Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. Elijah said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall during the next few years. The rain will fall only if I command it to fall.”
And I will also destroy the {great cities that} make you proud. The skies will not give rain, and the earth will not produce crops. [444]
“I also stopped the rain—and it was three months before harvest time. So no crops grew. Then I let it rain on one city, but not on another city. Rain fell on one part of the country. But on the other part of the country, the land became very dry.
That is why the sky holds back its dew. And that is why the earth holds back its crops.”
The Lord will punish you with diseases, fever, and swelling. The Lord will send you terrible heat and you will have no rain. Your crops will die from the heat and disease. [182] All these bad things will happen until you are destroyed!
The Lord will not send rain—only sand and dust will fall from the sky. It will come down on you until you are destroyed.