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
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.