Thematic Bible: The want of
Thematic Bible
Rain » The want of » Causes the earth to open
Because the ground, is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are pale They have covered their heads.
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
Rain » The want of » Removed by prayer
When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have been sinning against thee, - and they shall pray toward this place, and confess thy Name, and, from their sin, shall return, because thou hast been afflicting them, then wilt, thou thyself, hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou mayest teach them the good way, wherein they should walk, - and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people, for an inheritance?
Rain » The want of » Occasions famine
And it came to pass, after many days, that, the word of Yahweh, came unto Elijah, in the third year, saying, - Go, shew thyself unto Ahab, that I may send rain upon the face of the ground. And Elijah went, to show himself unto Ahab. Now, the famine, was severe in Samaria.
Rain » The want of » Dries up springs and fountains
But it came to pass, at the end of certain days, that the torrent dried up, - because there had been no rain in the land.