| William Fleming - 1838 - 646 Seiten
...sultry, and barren desert, during the heat of summer, which is well described in the prophecy of Moses, " The heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron." Yet it contains some spots which are covered with a luxuriant growth of wild herbage and grass. Its... | |
| Charles Whitlaw - 1838 - 186 Seiten
...verse describes the causes and effects that follow from neglecting the soil. " Verse 23rd. " And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron." What an admirable delineation of an exhausted soil and contaminated air being as parching, burning,... | |
| 1838 - 1196 Seiten
...sword, and with blasting, and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. 23 And thy ome out against thee with the sword. 24 thee shall be iron. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : 25 from heaven shall... | |
| Edward Daniel Clarke - 1838 - 610 Seiten
...Israelites had here been made the means of industry, and the instruments of wealth and happiness: — " THY HEAVEN THAT is OVER THY HEAD SHALL BE BRASS, AND THE EARTH THAT IS UNDEll THEE SHALL BE IRON. THE LOUD SHALL MAKE THE RAIN OF THY LAND POWDER AND DUST: FROM HEAVEN SHALL... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1839 - 436 Seiten
...as iron, and your earth as brass." Again, "the Lord shall smite thee with blasting and mildew ; and the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron." According to the Mosaic law, after six years of culture, the seventh was to be a Sabbath of rest unto... | |
| 1839 - 496 Seiten
...of Jordan during the summer heats cannot be better described than in the prophecy of Moses ; " Thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall he iron." It was long doubted by what medium the waters of Jordan were discharged previously to the... | |
| Andrew Alexander Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1839 - 608 Seiten
...rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness."|| " Thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thec shall be iron." IT We passed along the banks of a brook for a little way, fenced by tall reeds,... | |
| J. Greaves - 1840 - 404 Seiten
...the voice of the Lord to do his commandments, then a multitude of curses were denounced upon them : " The heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron,''—implying barrenness. We may see many passages in the word of God in which a great degree... | |
| Richard Graves - 1840 - 534 Seiten
...blasting, and mildew," were to pursue them until they should perish. " Thy heaven (says the Prophet) that is " over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee " shall be iron ; and the Lord shall make the rain of thy land " powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon... | |
| 1840 - 844 Seiten
...all countries cf the earth, but would bring я curse upon their land : ' Thy heaven that is over thee shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron ; the Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust,' &c. (Deut xjtviii. 24.) Now we know that... | |
| |