17 Then the Lord’s anger(A) will burn against you, and he will shut up(B) the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce,(C) and you will soon perish(D) from the good land the Lord is giving you.

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17 lest (A)the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He (B)shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and (C)you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

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24 The Lord will turn the rain(A) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

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24 The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.

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21 “Mountains of Gilboa,(A)
    may you have neither dew(B) nor rain,(C)
    may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[a](D)
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
    the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings

21 “O (A)mountains of Gilboa,
(B)Let there be no dew nor rain upon you,
Nor fields of offerings.
For the shield of the mighty is [a]cast away there!
The shield of Saul, not (C)anointed with oil.

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:21 Lit. defiled

36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach(A) them the right way(B) to live, and send rain(C) on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

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36 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, that You may (A)teach them (B)the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

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15 If he holds back the waters,(A) there is drought;(B)
    if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(C)

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15 If He (A)withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He (B)sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

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25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(A)

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25 But I tell you truly, (A)many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

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