Sent by God. Psa. 105:16.
Often on accounts of sin. Lev. 26:21, 26, Lam. 4:4-6.
One of God's four sore judgments. Ezek. 14:21.
CAUSED BY
God's blessing withheld. Hos. 2:8, 9. Hag. 1:6.
Want of seasonable rain. 1 Kin. 17:1. Jer. 14:1-4. Amos 4:7.
Rotting of the seed in the ground. Joel 1:17.
Swarms of insects. Deut. 28:38, 42. Joel 1:4.
Blasting and mildew. Amos 4:9. Hag. 2.17.
Devastation by enemies. Deut. 28:33, 51.
Often long continued. Gen. 41:27. 2 Kin. 8:1, 2.
Often severe. Gen. 12:10. 1 Kin. 18: 2. Jer. 52:6.
EXPRESSED BY
Taking away the stay of bread, &c. Isa. 3:1.
Cleanness of teeth. Amos 4:6.
The arrows of famine. Ezek. 5:16.
Often accompanied by war. Jer. 14:15. Jer. 29:18.
Often followed by pestilence. Jer. 42:17. Ezek. 7:15 Matt. 24:7.
THINGS EATEN DURING
Wild herbs. 2 Kin. 4:39, 40.
Ass's flesh. 2 Kin. 6:25.
Ordure. 2 Kin. 6:25. Lam. 4:5.
Human flesh. Lev. 26:29. 2 Kin. 6:28, 29.
Provisions sold by weight during. Ezek. 4:16.
Suffering of brute creation from. Jer. 14:5, 6.
CAUSED
Burning and fever. Deut. 32:24.
Blackness of the skin. Lam. 4:8. Lam: 5:10.
Grief and mourning. Joel 1:11-13.
Faintness. Gen. 47:13.
Wasting of the body. Lam. 4:8. Ezek. 4:17.
Death. 2 Kin. 7:4. Jer. 11:22.
God provided for His people during. 1 Kin. 17:4, 9. Job 5:20. Psa. 33:19. Psa. 37:19.
INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE
In the days of Abraham. Gen. 12:10.
In the days of Isaac. Gen. 26:1.
In the days of Joseph. Gen. 41:53-56.
In the days of the Judges. Ruth 1:1.
In the reign of David. 2 Sam. 21:1.
In the reign of Ahob. 1 Kin. 17:1. 1 Kin. 18:5.
In the time of Elisha. 2 Kin. 4:38.
During the siege of Samaria. 2 Kin. 6:25.
Of seven years foretold by Elisha. 2 Kin. 8:1.
In the time of Jeremiah. Jer. 14:1.
During the seige of Jerusalem. 2 Kin. 25:3.
After the captivity. Neh. 5:3.
In the reign of Claudius Caesar. Acts 11:28.
Before destruction of Jerusalem. Matt. 24:7.
The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by. Ezek. 36:29, 30.
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
A dearth of the means of grace. Amos 8:11, 12.
Destruction of idols. Zeph. 2:11.