[131] For then there will be no rain, no showers, no gentle springs, no soft drops of moisture, no dew, nor anything else which can contribute to the growth of plants; but, on the contrary, all things which are calculated to dry them up when beginning to grow, all things destructive of the fruit when beginning to ripen, and adapted to prevent it from ever coming to perfection.. For, says God, "I will make the heaven of brass for you, and the earth iron." [23] Implying by this enigmatical expression that neither of them shall accomplish the tasks which naturally belong to them and for which they were created;