Gewilde Bybelverse vanaf 1 Kings 17

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For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not waste away or the bottle of oil fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.

ELIJAH THE Tishbite, of the temporary residents of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before Whom I stand, there shall not be dew or rain these years but according to My word.

Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said. But make me a little cake of [it] first and bring it to me, and afterward prepare some for yourself and your son.

And she said, As the Lord your God lives, I have not a loaf baked but only a handful of meal in the jar and a little oil in the bottle. See, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it–and die.

Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.

The jar of meal was not spent nor did the bottle of oil fail, according to the word which the Lord spoke through Elijah.

She did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.

So he arose and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her, Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

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

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

And the woman said to Elijah, By this I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.

So he did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan.

And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.