John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 8:9

"a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper." — Deuteronomy 8:9 (ASV)

A land where you shall eat bread without scarceness
That is, should have plenty of all sorts of provisions, which bread is often put for:

you shall not lack anything in it ;
for necessity and convenience, and for delight and pleasure:

a land whose stones are iron ;
in which were iron mines:

and out of whose hills you may dig brass ;
both which are taken out of the earth and the stones of it, (Job 28:2) and were to be found in the land of Canaan, and particularly in the tribe of Asher, as seems from (Deuteronomy 33:25) and more particularly at Sidon and Sarepta, which were in that tribe; the latter of which seems to have its name from the melting of metals there, and the former is said in Homer ^F20 to abound with brass.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: (ek men sidwnov polucalkou) . Homer. Odyss. 15. l. 424.