<p class="poetry">For to the snow he says, &#8216;Fall<n id="1" /> to earth,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and to the torrential rains,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Pour down.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">He sent hail along with the rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">there was lightning in their land.<n id="2" />p>

And the rain fell<n id="1" /> on the earth forty days and forty nights.p>

<p class="poetry">Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so is the one who boasts<n id="2" /> of a gift not given.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The north wind<n id="1" /> brings forth rain,p> <p class="poetry">and a gossiping tongue<n id="2" /> brings forth<n id="3" /> an angry look.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Look! The winter has passed,p> <p class="poetry">the winter rains are over and gone.p>

The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed,<n id="1" /> and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

I will give you your rains in their time so that<n id="1" /> the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">After a while,<n id="1" /> the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

<p class="bodytext">Then Elijah told Ahab, &#8220;Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">O God, you cause abundant showers to fall<n id="1" /> on your chosen people.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">When they<n id="3" /> are tired, you sustain them,<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">before the sun and the light<n id="1" /> of the moon and the stars grow dark,p> <p class="poetry">and the clouds disappear<n id="2" /> after the rain;p>

<p class="poetry">They are dismayed because the ground is cracked<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because there has been no rain in the land.p> <p class="poetry">The farmers, too, are dismayedp> <p class="poetry">and bury their faces in their hands.p>

Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward<n id="1" /> Jezreel.

for this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;You will not feel<n id="1" /> any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.&#8217;

<p class="poetry">If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth,p> <p class="poetry">and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.p>

<p class="poetry">He cuts down cedarsp> <p class="poetry">and acquires a cypress<n id="1" /> or an oak.p> <p class="poetry">He gets<n id="2" /> trees from the forest;p> <p class="poetry">he plants a cedar<n id="3" /> and the rain makes it grow.p>

<p class="poetry">They do not say to themselves,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Let us revere the <sc>Lordsc> our God.p> <p class="poetry">It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time.p> <p class="poetry">It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones<n id="1" /> will fall and a violent wind will break out.<n id="2" />