V.1 Through a message from the Lord, Elisha tells what plenty there is going to be the next day! Through a message from the Lord, believers know that though they pass through a world of violence and famine they have a bright “tomorrow.” And it may be today.
V.2 But an unbeliever scoffs at the Word of the Lord.
V.3-16 Through four men who had leprosy the wonderful discovery is made that God has acted. Nothing else had caused the enemy to run (v. 5). The plenty comes, according to the Word of the Lord.
V.17-20 The king puts this unbeliever in a place of responsibility, instead of dismissing him from his job. But God acts if the king doesn’t, and here is the dreadful end.