Verse 6

These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elias ye Thesbite, which was of the inhabiters of Gilead, sayde vnto Ahab: As the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, before whom I stande, there shalbe neither deawe nor rayne these yeres, but according to my worde.
  • Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you of a trueth, many wydowes were in Israel, in the dayes of Elias, when heauen was shutte three yeres & sixe monethes, when great famishment was throughout all ye lande:
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Knowledge your faultes one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed: For ye feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much. 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes. 18 And he prayed againe, and the heauen gaue rayne, & the earth brought foorth her fruite.
  • Ps 105:26-36 : 26 Then he sent Moyses his seruaunt, and Aaron whom he had chosen: 27 they did their message, workyng his signes among them, and wonders in the lande of Cham. 28 He sent darknes, & it was darke: and they went not from his wordes. 29 He turned their waters into blood: and slue their fishe. 30 Their lande brought foorth frogges: yea euen in their kinges chaumbers. 31 He spake the worde, and there came a swarme of all maner of flyes: and of lyce in all their quarters. 32 He gaue them haylestones for rayne: and flambes of fire in their lande. 33 He smote their vines also & figge trees: and he destroyed the trees that were in their coastes. 34 He spake the worde, and the grashoppers came: & caterpillers innumerable. 35 And they did eate vp all the grasse in their lande: and deuoured the fruite of their grounde. 36 He smote al the first borne in their land: euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence.
  • Ezek 7:1-9 : 1 The worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: 2 And thou sonne of man, thus saith the Lorde God, an ende is come vnto the lande of Israel: yea veryly the ende commeth vpon the foure corners of the lande. 3 Nowe shall the ende come vpon thee: for I wyll sende my wrath vpon thee, and wyll punishe thee accordyng to thy wayes, and rewarde thee after all thine abhominations. 4 Mine eye shall not spare thee, neither wyll I haue pitie, but rewarde thee accordyng to thy wayes, & declare thine abhominations: then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde. 5 Thus saith the Lorde God, Beholde, one euyll shall come after another: 6 The ende is here, the ende I say is come, it watched for thee: beholde it is come alredy. 7 The mornyng is come vnto thee that dwellest in the lande, the tyme is at hande, the day of trouble is harde by, and not the foundyng agayne of the mountaynes. 8 Nowe I wyll shortly poure out my sore displeasure ouer thee, and fulfyll my wrath vpon thee: I wyll iudge thee after thy wayes, and recompence thee all thine abhominations. 9 Mine eye shall not spare, neither wyll I haue pitie, but rewarde thee after thy wayes, & thine abhominations shalbe in the middest of thee: and ye shal knowe that I am the Lorde that smiteth. 10 Beholde the day, beholde it is come, the mornyng is gone foorth, the rodde florisheth, pride hath budded. 11 Crueltie is waxen to a rodde of wickednesse, none of them shall remayne, none of their riches, not one of their seede, & no lamentation shalbe made for them. 12 The tyme commeth, the day draweth nye: who so byeth let hym not reioyce, he that selleth let hym not be sory: for why? wrath is vpon all the multitude therof.
  • Exod 7:17-25 : 17 Thus sayeth the Lord, In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde: beholde, I wyll smyte with the rodde that is in my hande, the waters whiche are in the ryuers, and they shalbe turned to blood. 18 And the fishe that is in the riuer, shall dye: and the ryuer shall corrupt, and it shall greeue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the ryuer. 19 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses: say vnto Aaron, Take thy rodde, and stretche out thyne hand ouer the waters of Egypt, ouer their streames, ouer their riuers and pondes, and all pooles of water whiche they haue, that they may be blood, and that there may be blood throughout all ye lande of Egypt, both in vesselles of wood, & also of stone. 20 And Moyses and Aaron did euen as the Lorde commaunded: and he lyfte vp the rodde, and smote the waters that were in the ryuer in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of his seruauntes: and all the water that was in the ryuer, turned into blood. 21 And the fishe that was in the ryuer dyed: and the ryuer corrupted, and the Egyptians coulde not drinke of the waters of the ryuer, and there was blood throughout all the lande of Egypt. 22 And the enchaunters of Egypt dyd lykewyse with their sorceries, and he heardened Pharaos heart, neyther did he hearken vnto them, as the Lorde had sayde. 23 And Pharao turned him selfe, and went agayne into his house, and set not his heart thervnto. 24 And the Egyptians dygged rounde about the ryuer for water to drinke: for they coulde not drinke of the water of the ryuer. 25 And it continued seuen dayes after that the Lorde had smyten the ryuer.
  • 1 Sam 4:8 : 8 Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out of the hand of these mightie goddes? these are the goddes that smote the Egyptians with many plagues in the wildernes.