Sickness: Often Sent As a Punishment of Sin

If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, …

Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah, …

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.