Verse 3

On the ninth{H8672} day of the [fourth] month{H2320} the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} in the city,{H5892} so that there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land.{H776}

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break{H7665} your staff{H4294} of bread,{H3899} ten{H6235} women{H802} shall bake{H644} your bread{H3899} in one{H259} oven,{H8574} and they shall deliver{H7725} your bread{H3899} again{H7725} by weight:{H4948} and ye shall eat,{H398} and not be satisfied.{H7646}
  • Deut 28:52-53 : 52 And they shall besiege{H6887} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} until thy high{H1364} and fortified{H1219} walls{H2346} come down,{H3381} wherein{H2004} thou trustedst,{H982} throughout all thy land;{H776} and they shall besiege{H6887} thee in all thy gates{H8179} throughout all thy land,{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} thee. 53 And thou shalt eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body,{H990} the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters,{H1323} whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} thee, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemies{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee.
  • Jer 38:2 : 2 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} He that abideth{H3427} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence;{H1698} but he that goeth forth{H3318} to the Chaldeans{H3778} shall live,{H2421} and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey,{H7998} and he shall live.{H2421}
  • Jer 52:6 : 6 In the fourth{H7243} month,{H2320} in the ninth{H8672} day of the month,{H2320} the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388} in the city,{H5892} so that there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land.{H776}
  • Lam 4:4-9 : 4 The tongue{H3956} of the sucking child{H3243} cleaveth{H1692} to the roof of his mouth{H2441} for thirst:{H6772} The young children{H5768} ask{H7592} bread,{H3899} and no man breaketh{H6566} it unto them. 5 They that did feed{H398} delicately{H4574} are desolate{H8074} in the streets:{H2351} They that were brought up{H539} in scarlet{H8438} embrace{H2263} dunghills.{H830} 6 For the iniquity{H5771} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is greater{H1431} than the sin{H2403} of Sodom,{H5467} That was overthrown{H2015} as in a moment,{H7281} and no hands{H3027} were laid{H2342} upon her. 7 Her nobles{H5139} were purer{H2141} than snow,{H7950} they were whiter{H6705} than milk;{H2461} They were more ruddy{H119} in body{H6106} than rubies,{H6443} their polishing{H1508} was as of sapphire.{H5601} 8 Their visage{H8389} is blacker{H2821} than a coal;{H7815} They are not known{H5234} in the streets:{H2351} Their skin{H5785} cleaveth{H6821} to their bones;{H6106} it is withered,{H3001} it is become like a stick.{H6086} 9 They that are slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that are slain{H2491} with hunger;{H7458} For these{H1992} pine away,{H2100} stricken{H1856} through, for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field.{H7704} 10 The hands{H3027} of the pitiful{H7362} women{H802} have boiled{H1310} their own children;{H3206} They were their food{H1262} in the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people.{H5971}
  • Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part{H7992} of thee shall die{H4191} with the pestilence,{H1698} and with famine{H7458} shall they be consumed{H3615} in the midst{H8432} of thee; and a third part{H7992} shall fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} round about{H5439} thee; and a third part{H7992} I will scatter{H2219} unto all the winds,{H7307} and will draw out{H7324} a sword{H2719} after{H310} them.
  • Ezek 7:15 : 15 The sword{H2719} is without,{H2351} and the pestilence{H1698} and the famine{H7458} within:{H1004} he that is in the field{H7704} shall die{H4191} with the sword:{H2719} and he that is in the city,{H5892} famine{H7458} and pestilence{H1698} shall devour{H398} him.
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} How much more when I send{H7971} my four{H702} sore{H7451} judgments{H8201} upon Jerusalem,{H3389} the sword,{H2719} and the famine,{H7458} and the evil{H7451} beasts,{H2416} and the pestilence,{H1698} to cut off{H3772} from it man{H120} and beast!{H929}
  • Zech 8:19 : 19 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts:{H6635} The fast{H6685} of the fourth{H7243} [month], and the fast{H6685} of the fifth,{H2549} and the fast{H6685} of the seventh,{H7637} and the fast{H6685} of the tenth,{H6224} shall be to the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} joy{H8342} and gladness,{H8057} and cheerful{H2896} feasts;{H4150} therefore love{H157} truth{H571} and peace.{H7965}
  • Ezek 4:9-9 : 9 Take{H3947} thou also unto thee wheat,{H2406} and barley,{H8184} and beans,{H6321} and lentils,{H5742} and millet,{H1764} and spelt,{H3698} and put{H5414} them in one{H259} vessel,{H3627} and make{H6213} thee bread{H3899} thereof; [according to] the number{H4557} of the days{H3117} that thou shalt lie{H7901} upon thy side,{H6654} even three{H7969} hundred{H3967} and ninety{H8673} days,{H3117} shalt thou eat{H398} thereof. 10 And thy food{H3978} which thou shalt eat{H398} shall be by weight,{H4946} twenty{H6242} shekels{H8255} a day:{H3117} from time{H6256} to time{H6256} shalt thou eat{H398} it. 11 And thou shalt drink{H8354} water{H4325} by measure,{H4884} the sixth part{H8345} of a hin:{H1969} from time{H6256} to time{H6256} shalt thou drink.{H8354} 12 And thou shalt eat{H398} it as barley{H8184} cakes,{H5692} and thou shalt bake{H5746} it in their sight{H5869} with dung{H1561} that cometh out{H6627} of man.{H120} 13 And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} Even thus shall the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} eat{H398} their bread{H3899} unclean,{H2931} among the nations{H1471} whither I will drive{H5080} them. 14 Then said{H559} I, Ah{H162} Lord{H136} Jehovah!{H3069} behold, my soul{H5315} hath not been polluted;{H2930} for from my youth{H5271} up even till now have I not eaten{H398} of that which dieth of itself,{H5038} or is torn{H2966} of beasts; neither came{H935} there abominable{H6292} flesh{H1320} into my mouth.{H6310} 15 Then he said{H559} unto me, See,{H7200} I have given{H5414} thee cow's{H1241} dung{H6832} for man's{H120} dung,{H1561} and thou shalt prepare{H6213} thy bread{H3899} thereon. 16 Moreover he said{H559} unto me, Son{H1121} of man,{H120} behold, I will break{H7665} the staff{H4294} of bread{H3899} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and they shall eat{H398} bread{H3899} by weight,{H4948} and with fearfulness;{H1674} and they shall drink{H8354} water{H4325} by measure,{H4884} and in dismay:{H8078} 17 that they may want{H2637} bread{H3899} and water,{H4325} and be dismayed{H8074} one{H376} with another,{H251} and pine away{H4743} in their iniquity.{H5771}
  • Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore the fathers{H1} shall eat{H398} the sons{H1121} in the midst{H8432} of thee, and the sons{H1121} shall eat{H398} their fathers;{H1} and I will execute{H6213} judgments{H8201} on thee; and the whole remnant{H7611} of thee will I scatter{H2219} unto all the winds.{H7307}
  • Jer 39:2 : 2 in the eleventh{H6249} year{H8141} of Zedekiah,{H6667} in the fourth{H7243} month,{H2320} the ninth{H8672} day of the month,{H2320} a breach{H1234} was made in the city,){H5892}
  • Jer 37:21 : 21 Then Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} commanded,{H6680} and they committed{H6485} Jeremiah{H3414} into the court{H2691} of the guard;{H4307} and they gave{H5414} him daily{H3117} a loaf{H3603} of bread{H3899} out of the bakers'{H644} street,{H2351} until all the bread{H3899} in the city{H5892} was spent.{H8552} Thus Jeremiah{H3414} remained{H3427} in the court{H2691} of the guard.{H4307}