Jeremiah 14:4

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

Jeremiah 3:3

That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Joel 1:11

Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:19-20

To you, O Lord, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the grassy pastures, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

Leviticus 26:19-20

I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.

Deuteronomy 28:23-24

The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.

Deuteronomy 29:23

The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.

Joel 1:17

The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

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Summary

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

The plowmen

General references

Bible References

The ground

Leviticus 26:19
I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23
The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger.
Joel 1:19
To you, O Lord, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the grassy pastures, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

The plowmen

Joel 1:11
Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished.

General references

Haggai 1:10
This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.

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