23And 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
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. …
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
And 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.
And 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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-44)Having viewed the bright side of the cloud, which is towards the obedient, we have now presented to us the dark side, which is towards the disobedient. If we do not keep God’s commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which is as comprehensive of all misery as the blessing is of all happiness. Observe, I. The equity of this curse. It is no…
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