¹⁶ Moreover, he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, behold, ^(B)I will break the supply^[a] of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^(C)by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^(D)by measure and in dismay.

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

^26 (A)When I break your supply^[a] of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and ^(B)you shall eat and not be satisfied.

⁵⁴ and ^(A)the seven years of famine began to come, ^(B)as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

¹¹ Now ^(A)there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

The Shunammite's Land Restored

8 Now Elisha had said to the woman ^(A)whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord ^(B)has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for ^(C)seven years.”

⁸ And I looked, and behold, ^(A)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill ^(B)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and ^(C)by wild beasts of the earth.