7:1,2
Elisha now prophecies that the famine will come to an end. Prophets do not just foretell bad things. But it is not just important that we believe the bad things, but also the good things. The prices foretold would imply plentiful supply, but the office did not believe it and thought it impossible. Elish tells him that though he will see it come true, he would not enjoy any of it.
7:3-8
We now read of it coming true. There were four lepers at the city gate. They were in a desperate state. They realised that if they did nothing they would die, they had nothing to lose so decided to go to the camp of the Arameans, the worst that could happen is that they would be killed, but they were going to die anyway. So they went to the camp, but when they got there no one was around. The Lord had deceived them so that they had fled.
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