Jeremiah 52:6

Jeremiah 52:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
• New International Version (NIV)By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

Context of Jeremiah 52:6

4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. 5And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. 7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah, 8but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

Jeremiah 52:6 word by word

בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הָֽרְבִיעִי֙ בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָרָעָ֖ב בָּעִ֑יר וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה לֶ֖חֶם לְעַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

• By the ninthתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• By the ninthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• of the fourthרְבִיעִיrebîy‛îy rebi‛îy · fourthH7243
• the famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• was so severeחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• that the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• hadהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899

Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:6

• Jeremiah 39:2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
• 2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
• Zechariah 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
• Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
• Jeremiah 19:9I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
• Jeremiah 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
• Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
• Jeremiah 38:9“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
• Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
• Deuteronomy 28:52They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
• Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
• Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
• Lamentations 4:4The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.
• Ezekiel 4:9But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
• Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And in the fourth month - See the notes on Jeremiah 39:1, etc. The fourth month answers nearly to our July.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-34This chapter retells the story from 2 Kings 24:18–25:30, describing Jerusalem's last month, with some added details and changes. Repeating this passage highlights Jeremiah's honesty as a true prophet of God. Everything Jeremiah predicted about the city's destruction and the end of Judah's kingdom happened. Similarly, his predictions about the Exile, the hardships of the survivors in Babylon, and their return also came true.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-34(See on Jr 51:64). Jeremiah, having already (thirty-ninth and fortieth chapters) given the history in the proper place, was not likely to repeat it here. Its canonical authority as inspired is shown by its being in the Septuagint version. It contains the capture and burning of Jerusalem, &c., Zedekiah's punishment, and the better treatment of Jehoiachin under Evil-merodach, down to his death. These last events were probably subsequent to Jeremiah's time…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 52:6

• Famine
• Jerusalem
• Month
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Diet
• Fast
• Kings, The Books of
• Zedekiah
• Famine
• Feasts and Fasts
• Jeremiah (2)
• Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
• Septuagint
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings