¹⁷ Otherwise, ^(A)the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will ^(B)shut up the sky ^(C)so that there will be no rain, and the ground will not yield its produce; then ^(D)you will quickly perish from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

³⁵ “^(A)When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them,

Elijah Predicts Drought

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