Elisha and the Widow’s Oil
1 Now the wife of one of the ssons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
5 Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. xYet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience
1 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is pyour mother’s qcertificate of divorce,
rwith which I sent her away?
Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have ssold you?
Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
