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2 Kings 25

2 Kings 25:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And on the ninth
tesha` (Hebrew #8672)
perhaps from 8159 through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ord.) ninth
KJV usage: nine (+ -teen, + -teenth, -th).
Pronounce: tay'-shah
Origin: or (masculine) tishtah {tish-aw'}
day of the fourth month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
the famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
prevailed
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
in the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and there was no bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
for the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Ministry on This Verse

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A.M. 3416.
B.C. 588.
the ninth day.
Jer. 39:2• 2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was broken into; (Jer. 39:2)
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Jer. 52:6• 6In 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. (Jer. 52:6)
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Zech. 8:19• 19Thus saith Jehovah 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 gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace. (Zech. 8:19)
the famine.
Lev. 26:26• 26When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. (Lev. 26:26)
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Deut. 28:52‑53• 52And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and strong walls wherein thou trustedst come down, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates in all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.
 53And in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee. (Deut. 28:52‑53)
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Lam. 4:4‑10• 4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, no man breaketh it unto them.
 5They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
 6And the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the reward of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were violently laid upon her.
 7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their figure was as sapphire.
 8Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
 9The slain with the sword are happier than the slain with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
 10The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people. (Lam. 4:4‑10)
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Ezek. 4:9‑17• 9And thou, take unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
 10And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
 11And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
 12And thou shalt eat it as barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
 13And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.
 14Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
 15And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
 16And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
 17because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity. (Ezek. 4:9‑17)
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Ezek. 5:10,12• 10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter to all the winds.
 12A third part of thee shall die by the pestilence, and shall be consumed by the famine in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. (Ezek. 5:10,12)
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Ezek. 7:15• 15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. (Ezek. 7:15)
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Ezek. 14:21• 21For 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 beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast! (Ezek. 14:21)
there was no.
Jer. 37:21• 21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard. (Jer. 37:21)
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Jer. 38:2• 2Thus saith Jehovah: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; and he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. (Jer. 38:2)
• (Jer. 19:9). During all this time, despite the innumerable dangers threatening him Jeremiah stands firm for the Lord, according to His word (Jer. 15:20-21). (“Zedekiah: 2 Kings 24:18 - 25:21” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.