Deuteronomy 28:23
The language here is remarkable: "Thy heaven;" that part of the atmosphere which was over Judea, instead of being replenished with aqueous vapours, should become, with respect to moisture, like brass: and consequently their land would become as hard as iron, and wholly incapable of cultivation; while the clouds might give showers in abundance, and the earth be moist and fruitful in other regions.
Deuteronomy 28:1
indeed obey <08085> [If thou shalt.]
observe .... commandments <06213 04687> [to do all.]
<05414> [will set.]
Deuteronomy 17:1
sacrifice <02076> [Thou shalt.]
[See on]
sheep <07716> [sheep. or, goat. any evil favouredness.]
offensive <08441> [for that.]
Jeremiah 14:1-6
spoke .... about <01697> [A.M. 3399. B.C. 605. The word.]
This discourse is supposed to have been delivered after the fourth year of Jehoiakim. The Hebrew {batzaroth,} rendered dearth, signifies restraint, that is, "when the heaven is shut up that there is no rain;" which Houbigant thinks happened early in the reign of Zedekiah.
drought <01226> [the dearth. Heb. the words of the dearths, or restraints.]
mourning <056> [mourneth.]
cities <08179> [the gates.]
sorrow <06937> [they.]
Cries of distress <06682> [the cry.]
leading men <0117> [their nobles.]
cisterns <01356> [pits.]
Disappointed <0954> [they were.]
bury <02645> [covered.]
ground <0127> [the ground.]
farmers <0406> [the plowmen.]
Wild donkeys <06501> [the wild.]
pant <07602> [they.]
They sucked in the air, for want of water, to cool their internal heat.
eyes <05869> [their.]
Luke 4:25
many <4183> [many.]
when ... sky <3753 5613 3772> [when the.]
[Elijah.]
