* make the rain.
   This was a natural consequence of their heaven's being brass,
   or yielding no rain; for the surface of the earth being
   reduced to powder, and frequently taken up by strong winds,
   would fall down in showers instead of rain.  These showers of
   sand frequently, in the East, bury whole caravans.

  12  Ge 19:24  Job 18:15-21  Isa 5:24  Am 4:11