“And then the Lords wrath be kindled against you, and hee shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that the land yeeld not her fruit, and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giueth you.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
11:17 Shut up the heaven - Which is compared sometimes to a great store - house wherein God lays up his treasures of rain, #Job 38:22|, the doors whereof God is said to open when he gives rain, and to shut when he witholds it.