SEV Biblia, Chapter 28:23
Y tus cielos que están sobre tu cabeza, serán de bronce; y la tierra que está debajo de ti, de hierro.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 28:23
Verse 23. Thy heaven-shall be brass, and the earth-iron.] The atmosphere should not be replenished with aqueous vapours, in consequence of which they should have neither the early nor the latter rain; hence the earth-the ground, must be wholly intractable, and, through its hardness, incapable of cultivation. God shows them by this that he is Lord of nature; and that drought and sterility are not casualties, but proceed from the immediate appointment of the Lord.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. And the heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass , etc.] Or like brass, not for its clearness, brightness, and splendour, or for its being spread out like a molten looking glass which was of brass, ( Job 37:18); but for its dryness and hardness, no moisture being in it, or passing through it; no showers of rain nor dew being let down from it: and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron ; or like iron, hard and impenetrable, into which the plough and spade will not enter; nor anything spring out of it, for want of rain and dew to moisten and soften it. The same is said in ( Leviticus 26:19); only there is an inversion of the figures; there the heaven is said to be as iron, and the earth like brass, but signify the same thing.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-44 - If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which include all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of thi curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The exten and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under curse. All his enjoyments are made bitter; he cannot take any tru comfort in them, for the wrath of God mixes itself with them. Man judgments are here stated, which would be the fruits of the curse, an with which God would punish the people of the Jews, for their apostac and disobedience. We may observe the fulfilling of these threatening in their present state. To complete their misery, it is threatened tha by these troubles they should be bereaved of all comfort and hope, an left to utter despair. Those who walk by sight, and not by faith, ar in danger of losing reason itself, when every thing about them look frightful.
Original Hebrew
והיו 1961 שׁמיך 8064 אשׁר 834 על 5921 ראשׁך 7218 נחשׁת 5178 והארץ 776 אשׁר 834 תחתיך 8478 ברזל׃ 1270
