Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Famine » Caused » Blackness of the skin
Their appearance is [now] blacker than soot [because of the prolonged famine];
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones;
It is withered, and it has become [dry] like wood.
Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.
War » Often attended by » Famine
Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.
Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who are prophesying in My Name, although I did not send them—yet they keep saying, ‘Sword and famine shall not be in this land’: by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end and be consumed.
These two tragedies have befallen you;
Who will show sympathy for you and mourn with you?
The desolation and destruction [on the land and city], famine and sword [on the inhabitants];
How shall I comfort you?