Deuteronomy 28:23 Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:23

23: The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.

I will break down your arrogant spirit by making the skies above as unyielding as iron and the earth beneath as hard as bronze.

So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.

This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD, explaining why he was holding back the rain:
"Judah wilts; her businesses have ground to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are afraid; they, too, cover their heads.
The deer abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, "As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives--the God whom I worship and serve--there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I give the word!"

"I kept the rain from falling when you needed it the most, ruining all your crops. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.

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