Famine
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[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[J] indicates this entry was also found in Jack Van Impe's Prophecy Dictionary
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Famine'". "The New Topical Text Book".. 1897.
- Sent by God
Psalms 10:16 - Often on account of sin
Leviticus 26:21 Leviticus 26:26 ; Lamentations 4:4-6 - One of Gods four sore judgments
Ezekiel 14:21 - CAUSED BY
- Gods blessing withheld
Hosea 2:8 Hosea 2:9 ; Haggai 1:6
- Want of seasonable rain
1 Kings 17:1 ; Jeremiah 14:1-4 ; Amos 4:7
- Rotting of the seed in the ground
Joel 1:17
- Swarms of insects
Deuteronomy 28:38 Deuteronomy 28:42 ; Joel 1:4
- Blasting and mildew
Amos 4:9 ; Haggai 2:17
- Devastation by enemies
Deuteronomy 28:33 Deuteronomy 28:51
- Gods blessing withheld
- Often long continued
Genesis 41:27 ; 2 Kings 8:1 2 Kings 8:2 - Often severe
Genesis 12:10 ; 1 Kings 18:2 ; Jeremiah 52:6 - EXPRESSED BY
- Taking away the stay of bread, &c
Isaiah 3:1
- Cleanness of Teeth
Amos 4:6
- The arrows of famine
Ezekiel 5:16
- Taking away the stay of bread, &c
- Often accompanied by war
Jeremiah 14:15 ; 29:18 - Often followed by pestilence
Jeremiah 42:17 ; Ezekiel 7:15 ; Matthew 24:7 - THINGS EATEN DURING
- Wild herbs
2 Kings 4:39 2 Kings 4:40
- Asss flesh
2 Kings 6:25
- Dung
2 Kings 6:25 ; Lamentations 4:5
- Human flesh
Leviticus 26:29 ; 2 Kings 6:28 2 Kings 6:29
- Wild herbs
- Provisions sold by weight during
Ezekiel 4:16 - Suffering of brute creation from
Jeremiah 14:5 Jeremiah 14:6 - CAUSED
- Burning and fever
Deuteronomy 32:24
- Blackness of the skin
Lamentations 4:8 ; 5:10
- Grief and mourning
Joel 1:11-13
- Faintness
Genesis 47:13
- Wasting of the body
Lamentations 4:8 ; Ezekiel 4:17
- Death
2 Kings 7:4 ; Jeremiah 11:22
- Burning and fever
- God provided for his people during
1 Kings 17:4 1 Kings 17:9 ; Job 5:20 ; Psalms 33:19 ; 37:19 - INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE
- In the days of Abraham
Genesis 12:10
- In the days of Isaac
Genesis 26:1
- In the days of Joseph
Genesis 41:53-56
- In the day of the Judges
Ruth 1:1
- In the reign of David
2 Samuel 21:1
- In the reign of Ahab
1 Kings 17:1 ; 18:5
- In the time of Elisha
2 Kings 4:38
- During the siege of Samaria
2 Kings 6:25
- Of seven years foretold by Elisha
2 Kings 8:1
- In the time of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 14:1
- During the siege of Jerusalem
2 Kings 25:3
- After the captivity
Nehemiah 5:3
- In the reign of Claudius Caesar
Acts 11:28
- Before destruction of Jerusalem
Matthew 24:7
- In the days of Abraham
- The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by
Ezekiel 36:29 Ezekiel 36:30 - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Destruction of idols
Zephaniah 2:11
- Destruction of idols
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[J] indicates this entry was also found in Jack Van Impe's Prophecy Dictionary
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography InformationTorrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Famine'". "The New Topical Text Book".