The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted
Jeremiah 52:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- KJV
- And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- WEB
- In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- ASV
- In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- LSV
- In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there has been no bread for the people of the land,
- YLT
- In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,
- DBY
- In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- DRC
- And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land.
- GNV
- Now in the fourth moneth, the ninth day of the moneth, the famine was sore in ye citie, so that there was no more bread for ye people of the land.
- JPS
- In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- LXXE
- on the ninth day of the month, and then the famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הָֽרְבִיעִי֙ בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָרָעָ֖ב בָּעִ֑יר וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה לֶ֖חֶם לְעַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃
- LXX-Br
- ἐν τῇ ἐννάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς, καὶ ἐστερεώθη ὁ λιμὸς ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν ἄρτοι τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
FamineZedekiahNebuchadnezzar; NebuchadrezzarKings, The Books ofSiegeSeptuagintFastMonthJeremiah (2)Babylon
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
- Jeremiah 39:2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
- Jeremiah 38:9“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
- 2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Deuteronomy 28:52–53They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you. Then…
- Zechariah 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both…
- Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
- Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and…
- Lamentations 5:10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
- Ezekiel 5:10–12As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’ Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord…
- Ezekiel 7:15The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
- Jeremiah 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
- Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
- Lamentations 4:4–6The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson…
- Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
- Ezekiel 4:9–17But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side. You are to weigh…
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