New American Bible, Revised Edition

2 Kings 3:14-19 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

14. Then Elisha said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, whom I serve, were it not that I respect Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, I should neither look at you nor notice you at all.

15. Now get me a minstrel.” When the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon Elisha,

16. and he announced: “Thus says the Lord: Provide many catch basins in this wadi.

17. For the Lord says: Though you will see neither wind nor rain, yet this wadi will be filled with water for you to drink, and for your livestock and pack animals.

18. And since the Lord does not consider this enough, he will also deliver Moab into your power.

19. You shall destroy every fortified city and every choice city, fell every fruit tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every fertile field with stones.”