A moment in scripture
2 Kings 3:17
For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
The surrounding passage
- 2 Kings 3:15
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
- 2 Kings 3:16
And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.
- 2 Kings 3:18
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
- 2 Kings 3:19
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.