The skies above will be as unyielding as bronze, and the earth beneath will be as hard as iron.

你头上的天要变为铜，脚下的地要变为铁。

你头上的天要变成铜，下面的地要化为铁。

你头上的天要变成铜，下面的地要化为铁。

“祂要使你们头顶的天如铜，脚下的地如铁。

你头上的天必变成铜，你脚下的地必变成铁。

你頭上的天要變為銅，腳下的地要變為鐵。

你頭上的天要變成銅，下面的地要化為鐵。

你頭上的天要變成銅，下面的地要化為鐵。

「祂要使你們頭頂的天如銅，腳下的地如鐵。

你頭上的天必變成銅，你腳下的地必變成鐵。

你頭上的天必變為銅，你腳下的地必變為鐵。

覆爾之天如銅、載爾之地如鐵、

爾所覆之天、所載之地、必堅若銅鐵。

爾頭上之天將若銅、爾足下之地將若鐵、

The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.

The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.

And the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron.

The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.

And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.

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

The sky above you will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

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

The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.

Your sky that is over your head will be bronze, and the earth that is under you will be iron.

I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze.

This message came to Jeremiah from the Lord, explaining why he was holding back the rain:“ Judah wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are deeply troubled; they, too, cover their heads.Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass in the field.The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills panting like thirsty jackals. They strain their eyes looking for grass, but there is none to be found.”

“ I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.

Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab,“ As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives— the God I serve— there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.