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A Widow Sustains Elijah

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of [a](A)the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “(B)As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, surely (C)there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

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  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbe in Gilead

Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”

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  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers

24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear Yahweh our God,
Who (A)gives rain in its season,
Both (B)the [a]early rain and the [b]late rain,
Who keeps for us
The (C)appointed weeks of the harvest.”

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  1. Jeremiah 5:24 Autumn
  2. Jeremiah 5:24 Spring

24 They do not say to themselves,
    ‘Let us fear(A) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains(B) in season,
    who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’(C)

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