a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Iron, equal in hardness, and used to cut things, in the same manner as we use iron or steel. Isaiah 60:17.—Brass. There were mines of both in Mount Libanus; and David collected great quantities of such metals from Cœlosyria. 3 Kennicott. 18:8. 1 Chronicles 22:3. 14. Sidon was noted for its brass. Homer, Odys. xv. 425. Sarepta probably took its name from the “foundry” established there. Dan and Aser had abundance of iron and brass. Calmet. 33:25. Ezekiel 27:19. Cadmus brought from this country the art of melting gold, and so forth into Greece. Plin. vii. 56. In latter ages, many Christians were condemned to work in the mines of Palestine. Euseb.