2 Kings 3:17
For, thus, saith Yahweh—Ye shall not see wind, and ye shall not see rain, yet, that torrent-bed, shall be filled with water,—And ye shall drink, ye, and your cattle, and your beasts;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Then said he, Thus, saith Yahweh, Make, in this torrent-bed, pits, pits!
18And, this being a small thing in the eyes of Yahweh, he will deliver Moab into your hand;
Cross References
Numbers 20:8Take the staff and gather together the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother, then shall ye speak unto the cliff before their eyes and it shall give forth its waters,—so shalt thou bring forth unto them water, out of the cliff, and shalt cause the assembly, and their cattle to drink.
Psalms 84:6Passing through the balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.
Isaiah 41:17As for the oppressed and the needy. Seeking water when there is none, Their tongue with thirst being parched I—Yahweh, will answer them, The God of Israel, I will not forsake them:
Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not, when, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them,—Yea be cleft a rock and, there gushed out waters:
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 3:7-20
The Expedition against Moab; Elisha Consulted. ( b. c. 895.) 6 And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. 9 So the king of Israel went,… Read the whole commentary →