Deuteronomy 28:23

Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

In Context

22May the Lord afflict thee with miser- able want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish.

24The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:1And Elias the Thesbite of the inhabitants of Galaad said to Achab: As the Lord liveth the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.

Jeremiah 14:1The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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