7 Elisha replied, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says: “About this time tomorrow at Samaria’s gate, seven litres^[a] of fine flour will sell for ten grams of silver^[b] and fourteen litres^[c] of barley will sell for ten grams of silver.” ’^(A)

³ Now four men with a skin disease^(A) were at the entrance to the city gate. They said to each other, ‘Why just sit here until we die?