Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The heavens over your head shall be brass and the earth under you shall be iron. American Standard Version (1901) And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Common English Bible The sky over your head will be as hard as bronze; the earth under your feet will be like iron. Catholic Public Domain Version May the heavens which are above you be of brass, and may the ground upon which you tread be of iron. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. |
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
I also withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. I sent rain on one city but no rain on another. One field received rain while a field with no rain withered.
So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops.
The Lord will afflict you with wasting disease, fever, inflammation, burning heat, drought, blight, and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
The Lord will turn the rain of your land into falling dust; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.