12 Can anyone smash iron— iron from the north—or bronze?
Jeremiah 15:12
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Job 6:11–13
11 What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient? 12 Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze? 13 Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
Odes of Solomon 17:8–10
8 And from thence He gave me the way of His precepts and I opened the doors that were closed, (ODE) 9 And brake in pieces the bars of iron; but my iron melted and dissolved before me; (ODE) 10 Nothing appeared closed to me: because I was the door of everything. (ODE)
2 Esdras 16:6–8
6 Can one drive away a hungry lion in the forest? Can one quench a fire in stubble, once it has begun to burn? (WEB) 7 Can one turn back an arrow that is shot by a strong archer? (WEB) 8 The Lord God sends the calamities, and who will drive them away? (WEB)
Ezekiel 15:2–4
2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? 4 No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devou…
Isaiah 49:23–25
23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.” 24 Can the plunder be snatched from th…
Job 37:17–19
17 You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind, 18 can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze? 19 Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
Job 38:24–26
24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt, 26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
Leviticus 26:18–20
18 And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins. 19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, 20 and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield…
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