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
And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heaven like iron and your earth like bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23
And your heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
the whole land shall be burned with brimstone, and salt; it shall not be sown; nor shall it sprout; nor shall there be any grass in it. It shall be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath,
Joel 1:19
O Jehovah, to You will I cry; for the fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
The plowmen
Joel 1:11
Be ashamed, husbandmen; howl, vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.
General references
Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heavens above you have held back the dew, and the earth is held back from her produce.