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Monday, June 9, 2008
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1 Kings 17: 1 - 6
| 1 | Now Eli'jah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." |
St. John Chrysostom
Eli'jah the Tishbite: He himself, an earthly angel, a heavenly man, who had neither house, nor food, nor clothing like others, carries the keys of the heavens on his tongue.
Origen
Ofttimes in Israel famines and pestilences were caused by sin, and removed by the prayers of the Saints.
St. Ambrose
And so the heaven was shut when there was famine, because there was no fruitfulness in acknowledging God.
| 2 | And the word of the LORD came to him, |
| 3 | "Depart from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan. |
Haydock Bible Commentary
Carith, between Samaria and the Jordan. It was a torrent or valley. (Calmet)
| 4 | You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." |
Haydock Bible Commentary
Ravens. Hebrew horebim, (Haydock) is sometimes rendered "Arabs," by the Vulgate, 2 Paralipomenon xxi. 16. Others would translate, "merchants," or the inhabitants of Arabo, which was near Carith. They suppose that the ravens, being unclean birds, would never have been employed. But they were only forbidden to be eaten or touched, when dead; and God is not restricted by his own laws. He might thus chose to display his wonderful providence. St. Jerome relates how St. Paul, the first hermit, was fed thus by a raven, with half a loaf a day; and a whole one was sent, when St. Anthony went to see him. (Calmet) --- Yet Kennicott mentions this as one of the improvements which might be now made in the Protestant version, "the Orbim," or inhabitants of Oreb, or Orbo. Orbim, accolæ villæ in finibus Arabum Eliæ dederunt alimenta. (Jerom iii. 119.) --- It is not clear to what passage he refers. (Diss. ii. p. 581.) Another instance occurs, Judges xv. 4., where instead of foxes, he would substitute "300 sheaves of corn, placed end to end." But if there were no mistranslations of great importance, the version might subsist. (Haydock)
| 5 | So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. |
| 6 | And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. |
Aphrahat
Because his heart was in heaven, the bird of heaven used to bring sustenance to him; and because he took upon him the likeness of the angels of heaven, those very angels brought him bread and water when he was fleeing from before Jezebel.
St. Ambrose
Bread for food also failed Elijah, that holy man, had he sought for it; but it seemed not to fail him because he sought it not. Thus by the daily service of the ravens bread was brought to him in the morning, meat in the evening. Was he any the less blessed because he was poor to himself? Certainly not. Nay, he was the more blessed, for he was rich toward God.
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