Deuteronomy 28:22-24
a consumption Lev 26:16; 2Chr 6:28; Jer 14:12 sword or, drought blasting 1Kgs 8:37; Amos 4:9; Hag 2:17 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. Lev 26:19; 1Kgs 17:1, 1Kgs 18:2; Jer 14:1-6; Amos 4:7 make the rain This was a natural consequence of their heaven's being brass, or yielding no rain; for the surface of the earth being reduced to powder, and frequently taken up by strong winds, would fall down in showers instead of rain. These showers of sand frequently, in the East, bury whole caravans. Deut 28:12; Gen 19:24; Job 18:15-21; Isa 5:24; Amos 4:11
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