Verse 3

And on the ninth{H8672} day of the fourth month{H2320} the famine{H7458} prevailed{H2388}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}, and there was no bread{H3899} for the people{H5971} of the land{H776}.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:26 : 26 And when I have broken{H7665}{(H8800)} the staff{H4294} of your bread{H3899}, ten{H6235} women{H802} shall bake{H644}{(H8804)} your bread{H3899} in one{H259} oven{H8574}, and they shall deliver{H7725} you your bread{H3899} again{H7725}{(H8689)} by weight{H4948}: and ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)}, and not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}.
  • Deut 28:52-53 : 52 And he shall besiege{H6887}{(H8689)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}, until thy high{H1364} and fenced{H1219}{(H8803)} walls{H2346} come down{H3381}{(H8800)}, wherein{H2004} thou trustedst{H982}{(H8802)}, throughout all thy land{H776}: and he shall besiege{H6887}{(H8689)} thee in all thy gates{H8179} throughout all thy land{H776}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee. 53 And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body{H990}, the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters{H1323}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee, in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee:
  • Jer 38:2 : 2 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, He that remaineth{H3427}{(H8802)} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}, by the famine{H7458}, and by the pestilence{H1698}: but he that goeth forth{H3318}{(H8802)} to the Chaldeans{H3778} shall live{H2421}{(H8804)}; for he shall have his life{H5315} for a prey{H7998}, and shall live{H2421}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H2425}{(H8804)}.
  • Jer 52:6 : 6 And in the fourth{H7243} month{H2320}, in the ninth{H8672} day of the month{H2320}, the famine{H7458} was sore{H2388}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8802)} cleaveth{H1692}{(H8804)} to the roof of his mouth{H2441} for thirst{H6772}: the young children{H5768} ask{H7592}{(H8804)} bread{H3899}, and no man breaketh{H6566}{(H8802)} it unto them. 5 They that did feed{H398}{(H8802)} delicately{H4574} are desolate{H8074}{(H8738)} in the streets{H2351}: they that were brought up{H539}{(H8803)} in scarlet{H8438} embrace{H2263}{(H8765)} dunghills{H830}. 6 For the punishment of the iniquity{H5771} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971} is greater{H1431}{(H8799)} than the punishment{H2403} of the sin of Sodom{H5467}, that was overthrown{H2015}{(H8803)} as in a moment{H7281}, and no hands{H3027} stayed{H2342}{(H8804)} on her. 7 Her Nazarites{H5139} were purer{H2141}{(H8804)} than snow{H7950}, they were whiter{H6705}{(H8804)} than milk{H2461}, they were more ruddy{H119}{(H8804)} in body{H6106} than rubies{H6443}, their polishing{H1508} was of sapphire{H5601}: 8 Their visage{H8389} is blacker{H2821}{(H8804)} than a coal{H7815}; they are not known{H5234}{(H8738)} in the streets{H2351}: their skin{H5785} cleaveth{H6821}{(H8804)} to their bones{H6106}; it is withered{H3001}{(H8804)}, it is become like a stick{H6086}. 9 They that be slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that be slain{H2491} with hunger{H7458}: for these{H1992} pine away{H2100}{(H8799)}, stricken{H1856}{(H8794)} through for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field{H7704}. 10 The hands{H3027} of the pitiful{H7362} women{H802} have sodden{H1310}{(H8765)} their own children{H3206}: they were their meat{H1262}{(H8763)} 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}{(H8799)} with the pestilence{H1698}, and with famine{H7458} shall they be consumed{H3615}{(H8799)} in the midst{H8432} of thee: and a third part{H7992} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719} round about{H5439} thee; and I will scatter{H2219}{(H8762)} a third part{H7992} into all the winds{H7307}, and I will draw out{H7324}{(H8686)} 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}{(H8799)} with the sword{H2719}; and he that is in the city{H5892}, famine{H7458} and pestilence{H1698} shall devour{H398}{(H8799)} him.
  • Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; How much more when I send{H7971}{(H8765)} my four{H702} sore{H7451} judgments{H8201} upon Jerusalem{H3389}, the sword{H2719}, and the famine{H7458}, and the noisome{H7451} beast{H2416}, and the pestilence{H1698}, to cut off{H3772}{(H8687)} from it man{H120} and beast{H929}?
  • Zech 8:19 : 19 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{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}{(H8798)} the truth{H571} and peace{H7965}.
  • Ezek 4:9-9 : 9 Take{H3947}{(H8798)} thou also unto thee wheat{H2406}, and barley{H8184}, and beans{H6321}, and lentiles{H5742}, and millet{H1764}, and fitches{H3698}, and put{H5414}{(H8804)} them in one{H259} vessel{H3627}, and make{H6213}{(H8804)} thee bread{H3899} thereof, according to the number{H4557} of the days{H3117} that thou shalt lie{H7901}{(H8802)} upon thy side{H6654}, three{H7969} hundred{H3967} and ninety{H8673} days{H3117} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} thereof. 10 And thy meat{H3978} which thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8799)} shall be by weight{H4946}, twenty{H6242} shekels{H8255} a day{H3117}: from time{H6256} to time{H6256} shalt thou eat{H398}{(H8799)} it. 11 Thou shalt drink{H8354}{(H8799)} also water{H4325} by measure{H4884}, the sixth part{H8345} of an hin{H1969}: from time{H6256} to time{H6256} shalt thou drink{H8354}{(H8799)}. 12 And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8799)} it as barley{H8184} cakes{H5692}, and thou shalt bake{H5746}{(H8799)} it with dung{H1561} that cometh out{H6627} of man{H120}, in their sight{H5869}. 13 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Even thus shall the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} eat{H398}{(H8799)} their defiled{H2931} bread{H3899} among the Gentiles{H1471}, whither I will drive{H5080}{(H8686)} them. 14 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} I, Ah{H162} Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}! behold, my soul{H5315} hath not been polluted{H2930}{(H8794)}: for from my youth{H5271} up even till now have I not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} of that which dieth of itself{H5038}, or is torn in pieces{H2966}; neither came{H935}{(H8804)} there abominable{H6292} flesh{H1320} into my mouth{H6310}. 15 Then he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Lo{H7200}{(H8798)}, I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee cow's{H1241} dung{H6832}{(H8675)}{H6832} for man's{H120} dung{H1561}, and thou shalt prepare{H6213}{(H8804)} thy bread{H3899} therewith. 16 Moreover he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Son{H1121} of man{H120}, behold, I will break{H7665}{(H8799)} the staff{H4294} of bread{H3899} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and they shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} bread{H3899} by weight{H4948}, and with care{H1674}; and they shall drink{H8354}{(H8799)} water{H4325} by measure{H4884}, and with astonishment{H8078}: 17 That they may want{H2637}{(H8799)} bread{H3899} and water{H4325}, and be astonied{H8074}{(H8738)} one{H376} with another{H251}, and consume away{H4743}{(H8738)} for their iniquity{H5771}.
  • Ezek 5:10 : 10 Therefore the fathers{H1} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} the sons{H1121} in the midst{H8432} of thee, and the sons{H1121} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} their fathers{H1}; and I will execute{H6213}{(H8804)} judgments{H8201} in thee, and the whole remnant{H7611} of thee will I scatter{H2219}{(H8765)} into all the winds{H7307}.
  • Jer 39:2 : 2 And in the eleventh{H6249}{H6240} year{H8141} of Zedekiah{H6667}, in the fourth{H7243} month{H2320}, the ninth{H8672} day of the month{H2320}, the city{H5892} was broken up{H1234}{(H8717)}.
  • Jer 37:21 : 21 Then Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} that they should commit{H6485}{(H8686)} Jeremiah{H3414} into the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}, and that they should give{H5414}{(H8800)} him daily{H3117} a piece{H3603} of bread{H3899} out of the bakers{H644}{(H8802)}' street{H2351}, until all the bread{H3899} in the city{H5892} were spent{H8552}{(H8800)}. Thus Jeremiah{H3414} remained{H3427}{(H8799)} in the court{H2691} of the prison{H4307}.