13. “Why should I help you?” Elisha said to the king of Israel. “Go and consult those prophets that your father and mother consulted.”“No!” Joram replied. “It is the Lord who has put us three kings at the mercy of the king of Moab.”
14. Elisha answered, “By the living Lord, whom I serve, I swear that I would have nothing to do with you if I didn't respect your ally King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
15. Now get me a musician.”As the musician played his harp, the power of the Lord came on Elisha,
16. and he said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Dig ditches all over this dry stream bed.