Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had brought back to life, saying, 'Get up and leave with your family, and live wherever you can find a place to stay. The LORD has decided to send a famine, and it will last seven years in this land.'
Elisha is warning the Shunammite woman to flee with her family because God is about to send a seven-year famine to the land.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative, Elisha was a prophet in ancient Israel who had previously performed a miracle by resurrecting the son of a Shunammite woman, demonstrating God's power over life and death. This warning about the famine comes as a divine instruction for her to relocate her household to avoid the impending seven-year hardship, which was a common form of God's judgment on the land for the people's unfaithfulness. Such events highlight the role of prophets like Elisha in guiding God's people through times of crisis in the 9th century BC.
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