Drought
DROUGHT
Was an evil to which Palestine was naturally subject, as no rain fell from May to September. During these months of summer, the ground became parched and cleft, the streams and springs became dry, and vegetation was kept from extinction by the dews at night and by artificial irrigation. If rain did not come in its season and abundantly, the distress was general and dreadful. A drought therefore is threatened as one of God’s sorest judgments, Job 24:19 Jer 50:38 Joe 1:10-20 Hag 1:11 ; and there are many allusions to its horrors in Scripture, Deu 28:23 Psa 32:4 102:4.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Drought
(, batstso’reth, restraint of rain, Jer 17:8; “dearth,” 14:1; , cho’reb, dryness, Gen 31:40; Jeremiah 1, 38; Hag 1:11; elsewhere “heat,” etc.; or , charabon’, the same, Psa 32:4; , tsachtsachoth’, dry places, Isa 58:11; , tsiyah’, Job 24:19; Jer 2:6, a dry land, as elsewhere usually rendered; , tsimmaon’, a parched region, Deu 8:15; “dry ground,” Psa 107:33; “thirsty land,” Isa 35:7; , talubah’, thirst, Hos 13:5). SEE DESERT; SEE PALESTINE. In Judaea, during the months of April, May, August, and Saptember, before and after the height of summer, and after the early and before the latter rains, the earth is refreshed with dews so copious as in a great measure to supply the place of showers. But, however copious the dews, they nourish only the more robust or hardy plants; and, as the season of heat advances, the grass withers, the flowers fade, every green herb is dried up by the roots and dies, unless watered by the rivulets or by the labor of man. To this appearance of the fields during an Eastern summer the sacred writers often allude (Psa 32:4; Isa 40:6-7). Should at this season a single spark fall upon the grass, a conflagration immediately ensues, especially if there should be any briers or thorns, low shrubs, or contiguous woods (Psa 83:14; Isa 9:18; Isa 10:11; Isa 10:18; Jer 21:14). From the middle of May to the middle of August, therefore, the land of Judaea is dry. It is the drought of summer (Gen 31:40; Psa 32:4). The parched ground is often broken into chasms (Psa 103:4). The heavens seem like brass, and the earth like iron, and all the land and the creatures upon it suffer (Deu 28:23); and nothing but the very slight dews of the night preserve the life of any living thing (Hag 1:11). SEE DEW.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Drought
From the middle of May to about the middle of August the land of Palestine is dry. It is then the “drought of summer” (Gen. 31:40; Ps. 32:4), and the land suffers (Deut. 28:23: Ps. 102:4), vegetation being preserved only by the dews (Hag. 1:11). (See DEW)
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Drought
drout. See FAMINE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Drought
General references
Gen 31:40; 1Ki 17; Jer 14:1-6
Sent by God as a judgment
Deu 28:23-24; 1Ki 8:35; 2Ch 6:26; 2Ch 7:13; Hos 13:15 Famine; Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena; Rain
Figurative
Psa 32:4; Isa 44:3
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Drought
Psa 32:4 (b) Here we see the dearth in David’s soul which followed as a result of his sin.
Isa 58:11 (b) This shows a condition which sometimes exists in a Christian’s life whenever things around him are discouraging and the outlook is dark.