2 Kings 3:17 (WEB)
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.
Fathers and councils · 3
Ambrose of Milan
“He changes leprosy for cleanness, drought for rain, famine for plenty.” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings iii. 17.
Read the whole comment“The Spirit breatheth where He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but knowest not whence He cometh or whither He goeth, so is every one who is born of the Spirit.”” — editor's note: It has been thought well in translating this verse to keep the words “spirit” and “breath” as suiting the argument of St. Ambrose. But there can be little…
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Aphrahat
“Also concerning Elisha it is thus written, that, while he played upon his harp, then the spirit came to him and he prophesied and said:—Thus saith the Lord, ye shall not see wind nor rain, yet this valley shall be made many pits.” — editor's note: 2 Kings iii. 15–17.
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