Deuteronomy 28:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. ”

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6 , and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups o...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be (k) brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron. (k) It will give you no more moisture than if it were of brass.
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The curses to follow disobedience. These answer generally to the blessings of Deuteronomy 28:1-6 , only that the order Deuteronomy 28:5 ; Deuteronomy 28:4 is presumed and Deuteronomy 28:1 b a...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. And thy heaven that is over thy head. He enumerates other causes of barrenness, and especially drought. Often does God by the Prophets, desirous of giving a token of His favor towards the...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Thy heaven - shall be brass, and the earth - iron - The atmosphere should not be replenished...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 23. The heaven—shall be brass, and the earth—iron — A proverbial mode of speech, importing a grievous and general famine: that the heavens should yield no more rain than if they were bra...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Heaven ... brass ... earth ... iron - strong Oriental figures used to describe the effects...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing and the Curse This chapter properly follows Deuteronomy 26:19 , and concludes the second discourse. It enforces the injunctions given, by exhibiting the blessings associated with the...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy heaven... shall be brass, and the earth... iron. — Not only in respect of the drought, but of God’s refusal to remove it. See Jeremiah 14:15 for a most pathetic intercession for Israel under...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1-40 , Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 . WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous c...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Fearful Results of Disobedience Deuteronomy 28:20-46 If we compare this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26:1-46 , we shall see how Moses resumes and amplifies the promises and...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the commencement of the third discourse of Moses. It was pre\-eminently the uttering of solemn warnings in which he laid before the people the results of disobedience and rebellion. He...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The picture of misery is drawn more horrible in these verses, from describing the particular features of the curses, the LORD threatens to send after the sinner. If the Reader will attend to them min...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass ,.... Or like brass, not for its clearness, brightness, and splendour, or for its being spread out like a molten looking glass which was of bras...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron. Ver. 23. See on Leviticus 26:19 .
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall make the pestilence cleave to thee Sometimes Divine Providence shall scourge you by one calamity, and sometimes by another, and they will cut off your people in great numbers. Thy heaven sha...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

FROM MOUNT GERIZIM -- BLESSINGS (vs.1-14) Though Chapter 28 does not say that these blessings were pronounced from Mount Gerizim, yet Chapter 27:12 indicates this. But the blessings were prefaced...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings. B. C. 1451. 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be brass, i.e. like brass, hard and dry, and shut up from giving rain. See Leviticus 26:19 . Be iron, hard, and chapt, and barren.
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursings That Will Result If They Are Not Faithful To The Covenant ( Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ). But once they wander outside the sphere of the covenant only cursings can await them. They will ha...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses now enlarges and gives the blessings and curses in detail ( cf . Exodus 23:20-23 and Leviticus 26 .) The blessings are declared in fourteen verses; the curses require nearl...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 28:5 . Blessed shall be thy basket. The LXX read, thy barns and thy store. Deuteronomy 28:24 . The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust. Our oriental travellers say...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE . Having enjoined the proclamations of the blessing and the curse on their entering into possession of Canaan, Moses, for the sake of impressing on...
Deuteronomy 28:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Curses of Disobedience
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:2 ; Amos 4:7 ; Jeremiah 14:1-6 ; Leviticus 26:19
Deuteronomy 28:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brass — Like brass, hard and dry, and shut up from giving rain. Iron — Hard and chapt and barren.

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 28:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 28:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes