Ruth 1:1
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Genesis 12:10
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Abram in Egypt(A)
10 Now there was a famine in the land,(B) and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.(C)
Genesis 26:1
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Isaac and Abimelek(A)
26 Now there was a famine in the land(B)—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines(C) in Gerar.(D)
Ezekiel 14:13
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13 “Son of man, if a country sins(A) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(B) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(C)
Psalm 105:16
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16 He called down famine(A) on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
2 Kings 8:1-2
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The Shunammite’s Land Restored
8 Now Elisha had said to the woman(A) whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine(B) in the land that will last seven years.”(C) 2 The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.
Judges 17:8
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8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[a] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
Footnotes
- Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
Judges 2:16-18
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16 Then the Lord raised up judges,[a](A) who saved(B) them out of the hands of these raiders. 17 Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted(C) themselves to other gods(D) and worshiped them.(E) They quickly turned(F) from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands.(G) 18 Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved(H) them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented(I) because of their groaning(J) under those who oppressed and afflicted(K) them.
Footnotes
- Judges 2:16 Or leaders; similarly in verses 17-19
Leviticus 26:19
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19 I will break down your stubborn pride(A) and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.(B)
Genesis 43:1
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The Second Journey to Egypt
43 Now the famine was still severe in the land.(A)
Amos 4:6
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6 “I gave you empty stomachs in every city
and lack of bread in every town,
yet you have not returned to me,”
declares the Lord.(A)
Joel 1:16-20
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16 Has not the food been cut off(A)
before our very eyes—
joy and gladness(B)
from the house of our God?(C)
17 The seeds are shriveled
beneath the clods.[a](D)
The storehouses are in ruins,
the granaries have been broken down,
for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;(E)
even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(F)
Footnotes
- Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Joel 1:10-11
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Jeremiah 14:1
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Drought, Famine, Sword
14 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:(A)
Psalm 107:34
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34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,(A)
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
1 Kings 18:2
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2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
Now the famine was severe(A) in Samaria,
1 Kings 17:1-12
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Elijah Announces a Great Drought
17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”
Elijah Fed by Ravens
2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide(D) in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens(E) to supply you with food there.”
5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning(F) and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath(G) in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow(H) there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”(I) 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil(J) in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers
Judges 19:1-2
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A Levite and His Concubine
19 In those days Israel had no king.
Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.(B) 2 But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem, Judah. After she had been there four months,
Judges 12:8
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Ibzan, Elon and Abdon
8 After him, Ibzan of Bethlehem(A) led Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:38
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38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,(A) because locusts(B) will devour(C) it.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
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23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.(A) 24 The Lord will turn the rain(B) of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
2 Samuel 21:1
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The Gibeonites Avenged
21 During the reign of David, there was a famine(A) for three successive years; so David sought(B) the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”
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