Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
So will I break your pomp of power, And will set your heavens as iron, and your land as bronze;
Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall become bronze, - and the earth which is under thee iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
brimstone and salt burning up all the land thereof, it shall not be sown neither shall it shoot forth neither shall there come up thereon any herbage, - like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrow in his anger and in his wrath:
Joel 1:19
Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I cry, - for, a fire, hath consumed the pastures of the wilderness, and, a flame, hath set ablaze all the trees of the field.
The plowmen
Joel 1:11
Turn pale, ye husbandmen, howl, ye vinedressers, over the wheat, and over the barley, - for perished is the harvest of the field.
General references
Haggai 1:10
Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit;