Deuteronomy 11:14

11:14 then he promises, ¹  “I will send rain for your land ²  in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, ³  so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

Deuteronomy 32:2

32:2 My teaching will drop like the rain,

my sayings will drip like the dew, ⁴ 

as rain drops upon the grass,

and showers upon new growth.

Deuteronomy 11:11

11:11 Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy ⁵  is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 28:24

28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 11:17

11:17 Then the anger of the Lord will erupt ⁷  against you and he will close up the sky ⁸  so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed ⁹  from the good land that the Lord ¹⁰  is about to give you.

Deuteronomy 28:12

28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ¹¹  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

¹ tn The words “he promises” do not appear in the Hebrew text but are needed in the translation to facilitate the transition from the condition (v. 13) to the promise and make it clear that the Lord is speaking the words of vv. 14-15.

² tn Heb “the rain of your land.” In this case the genitive (modifying term) indicates the recipient of the rain.

³ sn The autumn and the spring rains. The “former” (יוֹרֶה, yoreh) and “latter” (מַלְקוֹשׁ, malqosh) rains come in abundance respectively in September/October and March/April. Planting of most crops takes place before the former rains fall and the harvests follow the latter rains.

⁴ tn Or “mist,” “light drizzle.” In some contexts the term appears to refer to light rain, rather than dew.

⁷ tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

⁸ tn Heb “rain of heaven.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “will become hot”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “will be kindled”; NAB “will flare up”; NIV, NLT “will burn.”

¹¹ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

¹² tn Or “be destroyed”; NAB, NIV “will soon perish.”

¹³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 11:4.

¹³ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”