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Jeremiah 52:6

What does Jeremiah 52:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 52:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.5So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

v.6This passage

v.7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and they went toward the Arabah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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 in the distress, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their life, shall distress them.

  • Lamentations 5:10

    Our skin is black like an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine.

  • Jeremiah 15:2

    And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: 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 captivity, to captivity.

  • Isaiah 3:1

    For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

  • Jeremiah 25:10

    Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

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