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以利沙预言撒玛利亚获救

以利沙说:“你们要听耶和华的话。耶和华这样说:‘明日大约这个时候,在撒玛利亚的城门,三公斤面粉只卖十一克银子,六公斤大麦也只是卖十一克银子。’” 但那搀扶王的官长回答神人,说:“即使耶和华在天上开了窗户,也不会有这事发生。”以利沙说:“看哪,你要亲眼看见,却吃不着。”

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The Syrians Flee

Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: (A)‘Tomorrow about this time a [a]seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’ ”

(B)So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, (C)if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”

And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 A third of an ephah, or about 8 gallons

Elisha Promises Food

But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, (A)Tomorrow about this time a seah[a] of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel,[b] and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.” Then (B)the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, (C)“If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 A seah was about 7.7 quarts or 7.3 liters
  2. 2 Kings 7:1 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams