Verse 23

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

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:19 : 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 ¶ 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.
  • 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
  • Jer 14:1-6 : 1 ¶ 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. 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because [there was] no grass.
  • Amos 4:7 : 7 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.