For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, {those} nations shall be utterly wasted.

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when {there were} yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. {subject...: of the same nature, that is, a fellow mortal} {earnestly: or, in his prayer}

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

And {then} the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and {lest} ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

Are there {any} among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? {art} not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these {things}.

These {are} the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. {punish: Heb. visit upon}

When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; {yet} if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; {toward...: or, in this place}

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

And thy heaven that {is} over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee {shall be} iron.

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. {Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias}

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. {spread...: Heb. break forth}

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth {in} righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Ask of me, and I shall give {thee} the heathen {for} thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth {for} thy possession.

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

And it shall come to pass, {that} every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

And it shall come to pass, {that} every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. {punish: Heb. visit upon}

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, {and} punishments upon the people;

He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. {stretch...: Heb. send forth}

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when {there were} yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.