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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 28:23 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
De 28:23	King James	And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
heaven . . . brass . . . earth . . . iron--strong Oriental figures used to describe the effects of long-continued drought. This want of regular and seasonable rain is allowed by the most intelligent observers to be one great cause of the present sterility of Palestine.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

heaven . . . brass . . . earth . . . iron--strong Oriental figures used to describe the effects of long-continued drought. This want of regular and seasonable rain is allowed by the most intelligent observers to be one great cause of the present sterility of Palestine.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Brass - Like brass, hard and dry, and shut up from giving rain. Iron - Hard and chapt and barren.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Brass - Like brass, hard and dry, and shut up from giving rain. Iron - Hard and chapt and barren.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thy heaven - shall be brass, and the earth - iron - The atmosphere should not be replenished with aqueous vapours, in consequence of which they should have neither the early nor the latter rain; hence the earth - the ground, must be wholly intractable, and, through its hardness, incapable of cultivation. God shows them by this that he is Lord of nature; and that drought and sterility are not casualties, but proceed from the immediate appointment of the Lord.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Thy heaven - shall be brass, and the earth - iron - The atmosphere should not be replenished with aqueous vapours, in consequence of which they should have neither the early nor the latter rain; hence the earth - the ground, must be wholly intractable, and, through its hardness, incapable of cultivation. God shows them by this that he is Lord of nature; and that drought and sterility are not casualties, but proceed from the immediate appointment of the Lord.

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