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- "And [then] the LORD'Sª wrathª be kindledª° against you, and he shut upª°¹ the heaven,ª that there be¹ no¹ rain,ª and that the landª yieldª° not¹¹ her fruit;ª and [lest] ye perishª° quicklyª from off¹¹ the goodª landª which¹ the LORDª givethª° you." {Deu 11:17} + "And thy heavenª that¹ [is] over¹ thy headª shall be¹ brass,ª and the earthª that¹ is under¹ thee [shall be] iron.ª ... The LORDª shall makeª°¹ the rainª of thy landª powderª and dust:ª from¹ heavenª shall it come downª° upon¹ thee, until¹ thou be destroyed.ª°" {Deu 28:23-24} + "When heavenª is shut up,ª° and there is¹ no¹ rain,ª because¹ they have sinnedª° against thee; if they prayª° toward¹ this¹ place,ª and confessª°¹ thy name,ª and turnª° from their sin,ª¹ when¹ thou afflictestª° them:" {1Kg 8:35} + "And Elijahª the Tishbite,ª [who was] of the inhabitantsª¹ of Gilead,ª saidª° unto¹ Ahab,ª [As] the LORDª Godª of Israelª liveth,ª beforeª whom¹ I stand,ª° there shall not¹ be¹ dewª nor rainª these¹ years,ª but¹¹ accordingª to my word.ª" {1Kg 17:1} + "When the heavenª is shut up,ª° and there is¹ no¹ rain,ª because¹ they have sinnedª° against thee; [yet] if they prayª° toward¹ this¹ place,ª and confessª°¹ thy name,ª and turnª° from their sin,ª¹ when¹ thou dost afflictª° them;" {2Ch 6:26} + "Ifª I shut upª° heavenª that there be¹ no¹ rain,ª or if¹ I commandª°¹ the locustsª to devourª° the land,ª or if¹ I sendª° pestilenceª among my people;ª" {2Ch 7:13} + "And I will layª° it waste:ª it shall not¹ be pruned,²°¹ nor¹ digged;ª° but there shall come upª° briersª and thorns:ª I will also commandª°¹ the cloudsª that they rain²° no rainª¹¹ upon¹ it." {Isa 5:6} + "Because¹ the groundª is chapt,ª° for¹ there was¹ no¹ rainª in the earth,ª the plowmenª were ashamed,ª° they coveredª° their heads.ª" {Jer 14:4} + "Are thereª [any] among the vanitiesª of the Gentilesª that can cause rain?ª° or¹ can the heavensª giveª° showers?ª [art] not¹ thou¹ he,¹ O LORDª our God?ª therefore we will waitª° upon thee: for¹ thou¹ hast madeª°¹ all¹ these¹ [things]." {Jer 14:22} + "And also¹ I¹ have withholdenª°¹ the rainª from¹ you, when [there were] yet¹ threeª monthsª to the harvest:ª and I caused it to rainª° upon¹ oneª city,ª and caused it not to rainª°¹ upon¹ anotherª city:ª oneª pieceª was rained²° upon,¹ and the pieceª whereupon¹¹ it rainedª° not¹ withered.ª° ... So twoª [or] threeª citiesª wanderedª° unto¹ oneª city,ª to drinkª° water;ª but they were not¹ satisfied:ª° yet have ye not¹ returnedª° unto¹ me, saithª° the LORD.ª" {Ams 4:7-8} + "Eliasª wasª° a manª subject to like passions¹ as² we¹ are,² andª he prayed²° earnestlyª¹ that it might²° notª rain:ª° andª it rainedª° notª onª the¹ earthª by the space of threeª yearsª andª sixª months.ª" {Jms 5:17} + "Theseª haveª° powerª to shutª° heaven,ª that²°¹ it rain²°² not²¹¹¹ inª the daysª of their²¹ prophecy:ª andª haveª° powerª overª watersª to turnª° themª toª blood,ª andª to smiteª° the¹ earthª with allª plagues,ª as often² as²¹ they will.ª°¹" {Rev 11:6}
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