Elijah Stops the Rain

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. “I ·serve [^Lstand before] the Lord, the God of Israel,” Elijah said to Ahab. “As surely as the Lord lives, no dew or rain will fall during the next few years ·unless I command it [except by my word; ^Cthe people were worshiping the false god Baal whom they believed brought rain].”

² Then the ·Lord spoke his word [word of the Lord came] to Elijah: ³ “Leave this place and go east and hide near Kerith ·Ravine [Brook; Wadi] east of the Jordan River. ⁴ Drink from the stream, and I have ·commanded [ordered] ravens to bring you food there.” ⁵ So Elijah did ·what the Lord said [^Laccording to the word of the Lord]; he went to Kerith ·Ravine [Brook; Wadi], east of the Jordan, and lived there. ⁶ The ·birds [ravens] brought Elijah bread and meat every morning and evening, and he drank water from the stream.

⁷ After a while the stream dried up because there was no rain in the land.