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

4Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a bulwark all around it. 5So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 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. 7Then the city was breached, and all the warriors fled and left the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. 8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the desert plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

Jeremiah 52:6 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:6

• Jeremiah 39:2in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached.
• 2 Kings 25:3On 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.
• Zechariah 8:19“The Lord of armies says this: ‘The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, jubilation, and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’
• Jeremiah 15:2And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Those destined for death, to death; And those destined for the sword, to the sword; And those destined for famine, to famine; And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’
• Jeremiah 19:9And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh during the siege and in the hardship with which their enemies and those who seek their life will torment them.”’
• Jeremiah 21:9Anyone who stays in this city will die by the sword, by famine, or by plague; but anyone who leaves and goes over to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as plunder.
• Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will eliminate from them the voice of jubilation and the voice of joy, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, 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 whom they have thrown into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.”
• Leviticus 26:6I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down, with no one to make you afraid. I shall also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.
• Deuteronomy 28:52And it will besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it will besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the Lord your God has given you.
• Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by plague And a bitter epidemic; And the teeth of beasts I will send against them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
• Isaiah 3:1For behold, the Lord God of armies is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread And the entire supply of water;
• Lamentations 4:4The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of hunger.
• Ezekiel 4:9“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, 390 days.
• Ezekiel 5:10Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on 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