²³ `And thy heavens which `are' over thy head have been brass, and the earth which `is' under thee iron;

¹⁹ and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'

² and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

¹ That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:

² Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.

³ And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

⁴ Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

⁵ For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass.

⁶ And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

⁷ And I also -- I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.