Haggai 1:10 Cross References

Haggai 1:10

10: That is why the heavens have withheld the dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

How the animals moan with hunger! The cattle wander about confused because there is no pasture for them. The sheep bleat in misery.
LORD, help us! The fire has consumed the pastures and burned up all the trees.
Even the wild animals cry out to you because they have no water to drink. The streams have dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures.

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!"

The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.
The LORD will turn your rain into sand and dust, and it will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed.

"If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and then they pray toward this Temple and confess your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,

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

"But now I will take back the wine and ripened grain I generously provided each harvest season. I will take away the linen and wool clothing I gave her to cover her nakedness.

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.

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