1 Kings 18:2 Cross References - YLT

² and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

²⁶ `In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.

²³ `And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron; ²⁴ Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land—dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.

²⁵ and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

¹ By David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

⁴ Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

¹ The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

¹² I—I am He—your comforter, Who art thou—and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man—grass he is made!

² Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up. ³ And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back—their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head. ⁴ Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head. ⁵ For even the hind in the field hath brought forth—to forsake it! For there hath been no grass. ⁶ And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

¹⁸ If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

¹⁵ And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh. ¹⁶ Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing? ¹⁷ Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn. ¹⁸ How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated. ¹⁹ Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field. ²⁰ Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

⁵ Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' <sup>6</sup> so that we do boldly say, `The Lord is to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'