Deuteronomy 28:23

New International Reader's Version

The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”

1 Kings 18:2

So Elijah went to speak to Ahab. There wasn’t enough food in Samaria. The people there were very hungry.

Leviticus 26:19

I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it.

Amos 4:7

“I also held back rain from you. The time to harvest crops was still three months away. I sent rain on one town. But I held it back from another. One field had rain. But another had no rain and dried up.

Haggai 1:10

So because of what you have done, the heavens have held back the dew. And the earth has not produced its crops.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.

Deuteronomy 28:24

The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.