Deuteronomy 28:23
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Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.

Deuteronomy 28:22
May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish.

Deuteronomy 28:24
The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.

Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:

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Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.

Leviticus 26:19 And I will break the pride of your stubbornness: and I will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass.

1 Kings 17:1 And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.

1 Kings 18:2 And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.

Jeremiah 14:1-6 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the words of the drought. . . .

Amos 4:7 I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon on city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered.

Context
The Curses of Disobedience
22May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish. 23Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.24The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.…
Lexicon
The sky
שָׁמֶ֛יךָ (šā·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8064: Heaven, sky

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your head
רֹאשְׁךָ֖ (rō·šə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

will be
וְהָי֥וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

bronze,
נְחֹ֑שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

and the earth
וְהָאָ֥רֶץ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

beneath you
תַּחְתֶּ֖יךָ (taḥ·te·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

iron.
בַּרְזֶֽל׃ (bar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1270: Iron, an iron implement


Additional Translations
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

And thou shalt have over thine head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.

And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.

And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron;
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