Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. Treasury of Scripture Leviticus 26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: Deuteronomy 28:23,24 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron... 1 Kings 8:35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place... 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand... Jeremiah 14:1-6 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth... Hosea 2:9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof... Joel 1:18-20 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate...
Context A Call to Rebuild the Temple
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 2Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. 3Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste? 5Now therefore thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 6You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7Thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, said the LORD. 9You looked for much, and, see it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow on it. Why? said the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and you run every man to his own house. 10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 11And I called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the corn, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of the hands. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:
Darby Bible Translation
Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.
King James Bible
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.
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