Deuteronomy 28:23
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Your sky that is over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron.
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Deuteronomy 28:23
- The language here is remarkable: "Thy heaven;" that part of the atmosphere which was over Judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions.
- Leviticus 26:19; 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:2; Jeremiah 14:1–6; Amos 4:7