Verse 1

Elisha replied,“Listen to the LORD’s message. This is what the LORD has said,‘About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 3:5 : 5 Joshua told the people,“Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform miraculous deeds among you.”
  • 1 Sam 11:9 : 9 They said to the messengers who had come,“Here’s what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead:‘Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.’” When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy.
  • Ezek 37:4 : 4 Then he said to me,“Prophesy over these bones, and tell them:‘Dry bones, listen to the LORD’s message.
  • Rev 6:6 : 6 Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying,“A quart of wheat will cost a day’s pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day’s pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!”
  • Ps 46:5 : 5 God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.
  • 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 Samaria’s food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove’s droppings for five shekels of silver.
  • Exod 8:23 : 23 I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.”’”
  • Exod 9:5-6 : 5 The LORD set an appointed time, saying,“Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.” 6 And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.
  • Exod 14:13 : 13 Moses said to the people,“Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again.
  • Exod 16:12 : 12 “I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them,‘During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’”
  • 2 Kgs 4:42 : 42 Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet– twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said,“Set it before the people so they may eat.”
  • 2 Kgs 7:18-19 : 18 The prophet told the king,“Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.” 19 But the officer replied to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
  • John 6:9 : 9 “Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?”
  • 2 Kgs 20:16 : 16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the LORD’s message,
  • Isa 1:10 : 10 Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
  • 2 Kgs 6:33 : 33 He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said,“Look, the LORD is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the LORD to help?”