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 have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;
Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy heavens which are over thy head have been brass, and the earth which is under thee iron;
Deuteronomy 29:23
(with brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) --
Joel 1:19
Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.
The plowmen
Joel 1:11
Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.
General references
Haggai 1:10
Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.