Famine
Famine
Sent by God - Ps 10:16
Often on account of sin - Le 26:21,26; La 4:4-6
One of God's four sore judgments - Eze 14:21
CAUSED BY
Often long continued - Ge 41:27; 2Ki 8:1,2
Often severe - Ge 12:10; 1Ki 18:2; Jer 52:6
EXPRESSED BY
- Taking away the stay of bread, &c
- Isa 3:1 - Cleanness of Teeth
- Am 4:6 - The arrows of famine
- Eze 5:16
Often accompanied by war - Jer 14:15; 29:18
Often followed by pestilence - Jer 42:17; Eze 7:15; Mt 24:7
THINGS EATEN DURING
Provisions sold by weight during - Eze 4:16
Suffering of brute creation from - Jer 14:5,6
CAUSED
God provided for his people during - 1Ki 17:4,9; Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; 37:19
INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE
- In the days of Abraham
- Ge 12:10 - In the days of Isaac
- Ge 26:1 - In the days of Joseph
- Ge 41:53-56 - In the day of the Judges
- Ru 1:1 - In the reign of David
- 2Sa 21:1 - In the reign of Ahab
- 1Ki 17:1; 18:5 - In the time of Elisha
- 2Ki 4:38 - During the siege of Samaria
- 2Ki 6:25 - Of seven years foretold by Elisha
- 2Ki 8:1 - In the time of Jeremiah
- Jer 14:1 - During the siege of Jerusalem
- 2Ki 25:3 - After the captivity
- Ne 5:3 - In the reign of Claudius Caesar
- Ac 11:28 - Before destruction of Jerusalem
- Mt 24:7
The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by - Eze 36:29,30
ILLUSTRATIVE OF