Verse 4

Because the ground{H127} is chapt{H2865}{(H8804)}, for there was no rain{H1653} in the earth{H776}, the plowmen{H406} were ashamed{H954}{(H8804)}, they covered{H2645}{(H8804)} their heads{H7218}.

Referenced Verses

  • Joel 1:11 : 11 Be ye ashamed{H3001}{(H8685)}, O ye husbandmen{H406}; howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, O ye vinedressers{H3755}, for the wheat{H2406} and for the barley{H8184}; because the harvest{H7105} of the field{H7704} is perished{H6}{(H8804)}.
  • Joel 1:19-20 : 19 O LORD{H3068}, to thee will I cry{H7121}{(H8799)}: for the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057}, and the flame{H3852} hath burned{H3857}{(H8765)} all the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704}. 20 The beasts{H929} of the field{H7704} cry{H6165}{(H8799)} also unto thee: for the rivers{H650} of waters{H4325} are dried up{H3001}{(H8804)}, and the fire{H784} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} the pastures{H4999} of the wilderness{H4057}.
  • Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And thy heaven{H8064} that is over thy head{H7218} shall be brass{H5178}, and the earth{H776} that is under thee shall be iron{H1270}. 24 The LORD{H3068} shall make{H5414}{(H8799)} the rain{H4306} of thy land{H776} powder{H80} and dust{H6083}: from heaven{H8064} shall it come down{H3381}{(H8799)} upon thee, until thou be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)}.
  • Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore the showers{H7241} have been withholden{H4513}{(H8735)}, and there hath been no latter rain{H4456}; and thou hadst a whore's{H2181}{(H8802)}{H802} forehead{H4696}, thou refusedst{H3985}{(H8765)} to be ashamed{H3637}{(H8736)}.
  • Lev 26:19-20 : 19 And I will break{H7665}{(H8804)} the pride{H1347} of your power{H5797}; and I will make{H5414}{(H8804)} your heaven{H8064} as iron{H1270}, and your earth{H776} as brass{H5154}: 20 And your strength{H3581} shall be spent{H8552}{(H8804)} in vain{H7385}: for your land{H776} shall not yield{H5414}{(H8799)} her increase{H2981}, neither shall the trees{H6086} of the land{H776} yield{H5414}{(H8799)} their fruits{H6529}.
  • Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land{H776} thereof is brimstone{H1614}, and salt{H4417}, and burning{H8316}, that it is not sown{H2232}{(H8735)}, nor beareth{H6779}{(H8686)}, nor any grass{H6212} groweth{H5927}{(H8799)} therein, like the overthrow{H4114} of Sodom{H5467}, and Gomorrah{H6017}, Admah{H126}, and Zeboim{H6636}, which the LORD{H3068} overthrew{H2015}{(H8804)} in his anger{H639}, and in his wrath{H2534}:
  • Joel 1:17 : 17 The seed{H6507} is rotten{H5685}{(H8804)} under their clods{H4053}, the garners{H214} are laid desolate{H8074}{(H8738)}, the barns{H4460} are broken down{H2040}{(H8738)}; for the corn{H1715} is withered{H3001}{(H8689)}.