14. For the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the day when the Lord sends rain upon the earth.”
15. She left and did as Elijah had said. She had enough to eat for a long time—he and she and her household.
16. The jar of flour did not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord spoken through Elijah.
17. Some time later the son of the woman, the owner of the house, fell sick, and his sickness grew more severe until he stopped breathing.