Catholic Public Domain Version
"“Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit. "
— 2 Kings 3:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.”
“And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches. ”
“He said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Make this valley full of trenches.'”
“and he said,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Make many cisterns in this valley,’”
“Thus saith the Lord: Make the channel of this torrent full of ditches.”
“And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.”
“And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.”
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
“Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”