May the Lord open to you His good treasure [from out of] the heavens, to give rain to your land in season; may He bless all the works of your hands. So shall you lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

And Elijah the prophet, the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.

who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:

And if a cloud obscures what is precious to Him, His light will disperse the cloud.

this has been appointed by Him on the earth, whether for correction, or for His land, or if He shall find him [an object] for mercy.

And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;

and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

You have visited the earth, and saturated it; You have abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; You have prepared their food, for thus is the preparation [of it].

You will bless the crown of the year [because] of Your goodness; and Your plains shall be filled with fatness.

The rams of the flock are clothed [with wool], and the valleys shall abound in grain; they shall cry aloud; yea, they shall sing hymns.

O God, You will grant to Your inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but You have refreshed it.

He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

And I will forsake My vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Then shall there be rain to the seed of your land; and the bread of the fruit of your land shall be plenteous and rich; and your cattle shall feed in that day in a fertile and spacious place.

Is there anyone among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? And will the sky yield His fullness [at their bidding]? Are not You He? We will even wait on You, O Lord, for You have made all these things.

And I will settle them round about My mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.

And the trees that are in the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her strength, and they shall dwell in the confidence of peace on their land, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken their yoke; and I will deliver them out of the hand of those that enslaved them.

Rejoice then and be glad, you children of Zion, in the Lord your God; for He has given you food fully, and He will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.

And the floors shall be filled with wheat, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil.

Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest, and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain; one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up.

And [the inhabitants of] two or three cities shall be gathered to one city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied; yet you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.

so that you may prove to be sons of your Father in heaven; because He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

And yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, giving to you rains from heaven and fruitbearing seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer awaits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and late rain.

Elijah was a man of similar nature to us, and with a prayer, he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months.

And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

These [men] have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls [during] the days of their prophecy; and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they wish.

Then will I send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, and the land shall produce its fruits for three years.

The earth has yielded her fruit; let God, our God, bless us.

For the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield its fruit.

And the trees that are in the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her strength, and they shall dwell in the confidence of peace on their land, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken their yoke; and I will deliver them out of the hand of those that enslaved them.

And I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the produce of the field, that you may not bear the reproach of famine among the nations.

[ 2:19] Set your hearts now [to think] from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth [day] of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;

[ 2:20] consider in your hearts, whether [this] shall be known on the grain floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive trees that bear no fruit [are with you]: from this day will I bless [you].

But I will show peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of My people.