1 Kings 17:7

But after some time the torrent was dried up, for it had not rained upon the earth.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

In Context

6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of tile torrent.

8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:

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Cross References

Job 12:15If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

Isaiah 54:10For the mountains shall be moved, and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from thee, and the covenant of my peace shall not be moved: said the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:2-8

Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah Fed by Ravens. ( b. c. 910.) 1 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. 2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed… Read the whole commentary →

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