Parallel Verses
Amplified
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.
New American Standard Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month
King James Version
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.
Holman 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.
International Standard Version
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the resulting famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land.
A Conservative Version
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
American Standard Version
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Bible in Basic English
Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.
Darby Translation
On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Julia Smith Translation
In the ninth to the month and the famine will be strong in the city, and there was not bread for the people of the land.
King James 2000
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In the ninth month, the famine became severe in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.
Modern King James verseion
on the ninth of the fourth month, when famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the ninth day of the fourth month of that year, there was so great hunger in the city, that there was no sustenance for the people of the land.
NET Bible
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
New Heart English Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
The Emphasized Bible
On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city, - and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,
Webster
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.
World English Bible
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Youngs Literal Translation
on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Of jerusalem
Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Besieged and took jerusalem
Famine » Instances of » In jerusalem, from siege
Famine » Instances of, in scripture » During the siege of jerusalem
Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Zedekiah
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Captivity of the jews predicted and fulfilled
Siege » Distress of the inhabitants during a
Siege » Instances of » Jerusalem » By nebuchadnezzar
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 25:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Final Invasion Of Nebuchadnezzar
2
The city came under siege [for nearly two years] until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.
4
Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden, though the
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Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
When I break your staff of bread [that is, cut off your supply of food], ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will ration your bread; and you will eat and not be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 28:52-53
They will besiege you in all your cities until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land; and they will besiege you in all your cities throughout your land which the Lord your God has given you.
Jeremiah 37:21
Then King Zedekiah commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse, and a [round] loaf of bread from the bakers’ street was given to him daily, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guardhouse.
Jeremiah 38:2
“So says the Lord, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by virulent disease (pestilence), but he who goes out to the Chaldeans [of Babylon] will live and have his [own] life as a reward and stay alive.’
Jeremiah 39:2
and in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, they breached the wall and broke into the city.
Jeremiah 52:6
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.
Lamentations 4:4-10
The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;
The little ones ask for food,
But no one gives it to them.
Ezekiel 4:9-17
“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days.
Ezekiel 5:10
Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you and I will scatter to all the winds the remnant of you.
Ezekiel 5:12
One third of you will die of virulent disease or be consumed by famine among you; one third will fall by the sword around you; and one third I will scatter to all the winds, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside and virulent disease and famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword, and famine and disease will devour those in the city.
Ezekiel 14:21
For thus says the Lord God, “How much more when I send My four severe judgments against Jerusalem—sword, famine, predatory beasts, and virulent disease—to cut off man and animal from it!
Zechariah 8:19
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth [month to mourn the breaching of Jerusalem’s walls], the fast of the fifth [month to mourn the temple’s destruction], the fast of the seventh [month to mourn Gedaliah’s assassination], and the fast of the tenth [month to mourn the siege of Jerusalem] will become times of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so [to bring this about] love truth and peace.’