¹⁷ then ^(A)the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he ^(B)will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and ^(C)you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.

^35 (A)“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray towards this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them,

Elijah Predicts a Drought

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^(A)Tishbe^[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^(B)“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^(C)before whom I stand, ^(D)there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”