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Jeremiah 52:6
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Jeremiah 52:6
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6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
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Jeremiah 52:6
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Jeremiah 52:6
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6 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.(A)
Jeremiah 39:2
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Jeremiah 39:2
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2 In the (A)eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the [a]city was penetrated.
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- Jeremiah 39:2 city wall was breached
Jeremiah 39:2
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Jeremiah 39:2
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2 And on the ninth day of the fourth(A) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(B) was broken through.(C)
Isaiah 3:1
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Isaiah 3:1
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Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
3 For behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
(A)Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah
(B)The[a] stock and the store,
The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
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- Isaiah 3:1 Every support
Isaiah 3:1
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Isaiah 3:1
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Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah
Jeremiah 38:9
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Jeremiah 38:9
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9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is (A)no more bread in the city.”
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Jeremiah 38:9
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Jeremiah 38:9
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9 “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern,(A) where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread(B) in the city.”
2 Kings 25:3
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2 Kings 25:3
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3 By the ninth day of the (A)fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
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2 Kings 25:3
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2 Kings 25:3
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3 By the ninth day of the fourth[a] month the famine(A) in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
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- 2 Kings 25:3 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Jer. 52:6); Masoretic Text does not have fourth.
Zechariah 8:19
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Zechariah 8:19
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Ezekiel 14:21
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Ezekiel 14:21
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21 For thus says the Lord God: “How much more it shall be when (A)I send My four [a]severe judgments on Jerusalem—the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
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- Ezekiel 14:21 Lit. evil
Ezekiel 7:15
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Ezekiel 7:15
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15 (A)The sword is outside,
And the pestilence and famine within.
Whoever is in the field
Will die by the sword;
And whoever is in the city,
Famine and pestilence will devour him.
Ezekiel 7:15
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Ezekiel 7:15
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15 Outside is the sword;
inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
will die by the sword;
those in the city
will be devoured by famine and plague.(A)
Ezekiel 5:10-12
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Ezekiel 5:10-12
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10 Therefore fathers (A)shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments among you, and all of you who remain I will (B)scatter to all the winds.
11 ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have (C)defiled My sanctuary with all your (D)detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; (E)My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity. 12 (F)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (G)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (H)them.
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Ezekiel 5:10-12
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Ezekiel 5:10-12
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10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(A) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(B) 11 Therefore as surely as I live,(C) declares the Sovereign(D) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(E) with all your vile images(F) and detestable practices,(G) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(H) 12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(I) and pursue with drawn sword.(J)
Ezekiel 4:9-17
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Ezekiel 4:9-17
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9 “Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it. 11 You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”
13 Then the Lord said, “So (A)shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”
14 So I said, (B)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (C)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (D)abominable[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”
15 Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”
16 Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the (E)supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall (F)eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall (G)drink water by measure and with dread, 17 that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and (H)waste away because of their iniquity.
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- Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18
Ezekiel 4:9-17
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Ezekiel 4:9-17
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9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(A) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. 10 Weigh out twenty shekels[a](B) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. 11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[b] of water and drink it at set times.(C) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(D) for fuel.” 13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(E)
14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(F) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(G) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(H)”
15 “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”
16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(I) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(J) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(K) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[c] their sin.(L)
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- Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
- Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter
- Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in
Lamentations 5:10
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Lamentations 5:10
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10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
Because of the fever of famine.
Lamentations 5:10
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Lamentations 5:10
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10 Our skin is hot as an oven,
feverish from hunger.(A)
Lamentations 4:4-6
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Lamentations 4:4-6
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4 The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
(A)The young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
5 Those who ate delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
(B)Embrace ash heaps.
6 The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the (C)sin of Sodom,
Which was (D)overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!
Lamentations 4:4-6
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Lamentations 4:4-6
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4 Because of thirst(A) the infant’s tongue
sticks to the roof of its mouth;(B)
the children beg for bread,
but no one gives it to them.(C)
5 Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(D)
now lie on ash heaps.(E)
6 The punishment of my people
is greater than that of Sodom,(F)
which was overthrown in a moment
without a hand turned to help her.
Jeremiah 25:10
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Jeremiah 25:10
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10 Moreover I will [a]take from them the (A)voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, (B)the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
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- Jeremiah 25:10 Lit. cause to perish from them
Jeremiah 25:10
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Jeremiah 25:10
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10 I will banish from them the sounds(A) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,(B) the sound of millstones(C) and the light of the lamp.(D)
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