Jeremiah 52:6
New International Version
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

New Living Translation
By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

English Standard Version
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

New American Standard Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

NASB 1995
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

NASB 1977
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Legacy Standard Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was so strong in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Amplified Bible
In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Christian Standard Bible
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And in the seventh month, in the ninth of the month, a famine prevailed in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.

Good News Translation
On the ninth day of the fourth month of that same year, when the famine was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat,

International Standard Version
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe that there was no food for the people of the land.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
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,

Majority Standard Bible
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.

New American Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had gripped the city and the people had no more bread,

NET Bible
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

New Revised Standard Version
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

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Context
The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted
5And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. 6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. 7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,…

Cross References
2 Kings 25:3
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.

Isaiah 3:1
For 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 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

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."

Jeremiah 39:2
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city was breached.

Lamentations 1:11
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

Ezekiel 4:16
Then He told me, "Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

A.

Jeremiah 39:2
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

2 Kings 25:3
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Zechariah 8:19
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

the famine

Jeremiah 15:2
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

Jeremiah 19:9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

Jeremiah 21:9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

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Jeremiah 52
1. Zedekiah rebels
4. Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8. Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
12. Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24. He carries away the captives
28. The number of Jews carried captive
31. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin














(6) And in the fourth month.--Omitted in the Hebrew of 2Kings 25:3, but supplied in the English version.

Verse 6. - The famine was sore (see the pathetic descriptions in Lamentations 1:19, 20; Lamentations 2:11, 12, 20; Lamentations 4:9, 10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
By the ninth [day]
בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה (bə·ṯiš·‘āh)
Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 8672: Nine, ninth

of the fourth
הָֽרְבִיעִי֙ (hā·rə·ḇî·‘î)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 7243: Fourth, a fourth

month,
בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

the famine
הָרָעָ֖ב (hā·rā·‘āḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

in the city
בָּעִ֑יר (bā·‘îr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

was so severe
וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק (way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

that the people
לְעַ֥ם (lə·‘am)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of the land
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

had
הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

no
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

food.
לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain


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