14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, [a]The meal in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shall the oil in the cruse be diminished, unto the time that the Lord send rain upon the earth.

15 So she went, and did as Elijah said, and she did eat: so did he and her house [b]for a certain time.

16 The barrel of the meal wasted not, nor the oil was spent out of the cruse, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of Elijah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:14 God receiveth no benefit for the use of his, but he promiseth a most ample recompense for the same.
  2. 1 Kings 17:15 That is, till he had rain and food on the earth.

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