Prophecies of Elijah

Scripture

• 1 Kings 17:1

  And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

• 1 Kings 17:2

  And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

• 1 Kings 17:3

  Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

• 1 Kings 17:4

  And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

• 1 Kings 17:5

  So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

• 1 Kings 17:6

  And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

• 1 Kings 17:7

  And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

• 1 Kings 17:8

  And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

• 1 Kings 17:9

  Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

• 1 Kings 17:10

  So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

• 1 Kings 17:11

  And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

• 1 Kings 17:12

  And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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