¹⁷ lest ^(A)the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He ^(B)shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and ^(C)you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

^35 (A)“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,

²⁶ “When the ^(A)heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,

¹⁵ (for ^(A)the Lord your God is a jealous God ^(B)among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.

^26 (A)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not ^[a]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed.

^13 (A)When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

Elijah Proclaims a Drought

17 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the ^(A)inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, ^(B)“As the Lord God of Israel lives, ^(C)before whom I stand, ^(D)there shall not be dew nor rain ^(E)these years, except at my word.”

¹⁷ But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, ^18 (A)I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess.

²³ And ^(A)your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron. ²⁴ The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.