World English Bible
Deuteronomy 28:23
“Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 28
Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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