Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew,.... Or, "therefore over", or "upon you" (a); where should be a stop; that is, because, of your neglect of the house of God; therefore upon you, and…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore, for you, - on your account; (As in Ps. 44:43.) for your sins, (Jon.) He points out the moral cause of the drought, whereas men think of this or that cause of the variations of the seasons,…
Adam Clarke
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew - It appears from the following verse that God had sent a drought upon the land, which threatened them with scarcity and famine.
It was the complaint of the Jews in Babylon that they saw not their signs, and there was no more prophet (Psa 74:9), which was a just judgment upon them for mocking and misusing the prophets. We read…
Cambridge Bible
the heaven over you, &c. Lit. upon you are stayed the heavens. Some understand by "upon" or "against" you, "on your account," on account of, or in punishment of your sins (for your sake, R. V. text).…
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