Deuteronomy 11:17
And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 6:15 repeats the same warning: God's anger kindled against idolaters to destroy them.
Deuteronomy 28:23 elaborates the drought curse: heaven like brass (no rain), earth like iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24 specifies rain turning to dust, a direct application of the no-rain curse.
Deuteronomy 30:17 describes the same condition — turning to other gods — that triggers the curse of no rain.
Deuteronomy 30:18 echoes the consequence of perishing from the land due to idolatry.
Deuteronomy 29:18 warns against hearts turning from God to idols, the root of the apostasy that triggers the drought and destruction curses.
1 Kings 8:35 references the same covenant curse: heaven shut up and no rain due to sin, with prayer as remedy.
1 Kings 17:1 shows Elijah announcing the fulfillment of this drought curse against idolatrous Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:26 parallels 1 Kings 8:35, quoting the same curse and prayer for restoration.
In 2 Chronicles 7:13, this same 'shut up the heavens so that there is no rain' phrase appears as a covenant judgment for sin, directly echoing the curse here.
Jeremiah 14:1-6 describes a severe drought with cracked ground and no grass — a concrete historical instance of the covenant curse of withheld rain.
Amos 4:7 recounts God withholding rain as a judgment, even varying it town by town — the same disciplinary drought warned of here.
Haggai 1:9-11 directly applies this curse: God calls for a drought on fields and mountains because the people neglected His temple.
Leviticus 26:20 lists the same curse: soil will not yield crops because of disobedience — a parallel covenant penalty.
Zechariah 14:17 applies the same covenant curse of no rain from Deuteronomy 11:17 to those who neglect worship during the millennial kingdom.