Deuteronomy 8:9
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
The verse describes Canaan, the good land God promised to bring Israel into, as richly supplied with food and useful resources as a blessing from Him, where they would eat bread without scarcity and in abundance, would not lack anything, and would find iron in its stones and brass, that is copper, to be dug from its hills. That abundance included fertile and beautiful plenty, with rich fields, fruit trees, water, and other produce marking it as a land of remarkable beauty. The material prosperity thus promised was conditional, to be enjoyed in the land only if Israel kept God's commandments and obeyed every principle He laid down, for the land was to be theirs on condition of obedience to His law.
This glowing picture of the land's blessings was spoken by Moses even though, through Israel's sin, he himself was shut out from sharing his people's inheritance. The chapter's instruction and lessons apply as truly and verily to God's people today and to later readers as to the Israelites, and are of the greatest importance and mean much now. Obedience was set before all for Israel's prosperity and happiness, with a blessing if they obey His commandments, bringing it going well with them and prolonging their days in the land He gives, and a curse if they turn aside to other gods.
Israel did not heed the instruction but became unthankful and selfish and transgressed God's law, forfeiting the promised prosperity that obedience would have secured. Only two adults who left Egypt entered Canaan and the rest died in the wilderness, verifying God's word in judgment. He will likewise vindicate His word today if leaders depart from His commandments.