Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Revised Standard Version And the heavens over your head shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be 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, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like brass;
“And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain upon one city, and send no rain upon another city; one field would be rained upon, and the field on which it did not rain withered;
Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.
The Lord will smite you with consumption, and with fever, inflammation, and fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.
The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed.