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 the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass;
Deuteronomy 28:23
Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
[and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Joel 1:19
Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
The plowmen
Joel 1:11
Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
General references
Haggai 1:10
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.