Verse 10

Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.

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  • 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 bronze:
  • Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon you, until you are destroyed.
  • 1 Kgs 8:35 : 35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
  • Joel 1:18-20 : 18 How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
  • Jer 14:1-6 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are in mourning on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water; they came to the wells and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
  • Hos 2:9 : 9 Therefore I will return, and take away my grain in its time, and my wine in its season, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.