Verse 17
2 Kings 3:17
World English Bible, British Edition
17
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain,
yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other
animals.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לֹֽא תִרְא֥וּ ר֨וּחַ֙ וְ/לֹֽא תִרְא֣וּ גֶ֔שֶׁם וְ/הַ/נַּ֥חַל הַ/ה֖וּא יִמָּ֣לֵא מָ֑יִם וּ/שְׁתִיתֶ֛ם אַתֶּ֥ם וּ/מִקְנֵי/כֶ֖ם וּֽ/בְהֶמְתְּ/כֶֽם
English Translation
For thus says the Lord: You will not see wind, nor will you see rain, yet that river will be filled with water, and you will drink, you and your livestock and your animals.
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Chapter 3 Context
1
Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the
eighteenth year of Jehoshap...
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2
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not like his father
and like his mother, for he...
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3
Nevertheless he held to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which
he made Israel to sin. He...
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4
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder; and he supplied the
king of Israel with one hundred thou...
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5
But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of
Israel.
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6
King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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7
He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of
Moab has rebelled against me...
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8
Then he said, “Which way shall we go up?”
Jehoram answered, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”
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9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king
of Edom, and they marched for seven d...
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10
The king of Israel said, “Alas! For the LORD has called these three
kings together to deliver them i...
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11
But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the LORD here,
that we may enquire of the LORD by hi...
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12
Jehoshaphat said, “The LORD’s word is with him.” So the king
of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king...
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13
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you?
Go to the prophets of your father, a...
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14
Elisha said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, before whom I stand,
surely, were it not that I respect t...
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15
But now bring me a musician.” When the musician played, the LORD’s hand
came on him.
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16
He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’
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17
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain,
yet that valley will be filled...
18
This is an easy thing in the LORD’s sight. He will also deliver the
Moabites into your hand.
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19
You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree, and sto...
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20
In the morning, about the time of offering the sacrifice, behold,
water came by the way of Edom, and...
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21
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to
fight against them, they gathered them...
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22
They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and
the Moabites saw the water op...
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23
They said, “This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they
have struck each other. Now ther...
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24
When they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and struck the Moabites, so that they f...
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25
They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man
cast his stone, and filled it. T...
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26
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he
took with him seven hundred men...
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27
Then he took his oldest son who would have reigned in his place, and
offered him for a burnt offerin...
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