Deuteronomy 28:23
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And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
In other translations
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Leviticus 26:19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Jeremiah 14:1-61 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. 3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. 4 The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
- 1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
- 1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
- Amos 4:7And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
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