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1 Kings 17:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’” "

1 Kings 17:14

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12 She said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, 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.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

14 For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’”

15 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.

16 The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.

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1 Kings 17:1

"Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”"

1 Kings 17:2

"Then the LORD’s word came to him, saying,"

1 Kings 17:3

"“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan."

1 Kings 17:4

"You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”"

1 Kings 17:5

"So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan."

1 Kings 17:6

"The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook."

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