173 : Basic English : 2 Kings 7,8; Proverbs 1 ) 1. Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.
2. Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.
3. Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
4. If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.
5. So in the half light they got up to go to the tents of Aram; but when they came to the outer line of tents, there was no one there.
; AB church Lausanne )
