Jeremiah 52 · Verse 6

Jeremiah 52:6

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.
Jeremiah 52:6, King James Version

Jeremiah 52:6 in other translations

BSBBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
WEBIn the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
ASVIn 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.
YLTIn the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,
DARBYIn 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.
BBEIn the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.
WebsterAnd in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

What does Jeremiah 52:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 And in the fourth month - See the notes on Jer 39:1, etc. The fourth month answers nearly to our July.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 52:1-11

The fate of Zedekiah. (Jr 52:1-11) The destruction of Jerusalem. (Jr 52:12-23) The captivities. (Jr 52:24-30) The advancement of Jehoiachin. (Jr 52:31-34) Verses 1-11 This fruit of sin we should pray against above any thing; Cast me not away from thy presence, Ps. 51:11. None are cast out of God's presence but those who by sin have first thrown themselves out. Zedekiah's flight was in vain, for there is no escaping…

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Jeremiah 52:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320
הָֽרְבִיעִי֙ha.re.vi.'I<the> fourthH7243
בְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbe.tish.'Ahon [day] nineH8672
לַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320
וַיֶּחֱזַ֥קvai.ye.che.Zakand it was severeH2388
הָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'Avthe famineH7458
בָּעִ֑ירba.'Irin the cityH5892
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit belongedH1961
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
לְעַ֥םle.'Amto [the] people ofH5971
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe landH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 52:6

  • Isaiah 3:1

    For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

  • Jeremiah 39:2

    And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

  • Jeremiah 38:9

    My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

  • 2 Kings 25:3

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

  • Ezekiel 4:9-17

    Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. …

  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

  • Jeremiah 21:9

    He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

  • Deuteronomy 32:24

    They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

  • Ezekiel 7:15

    The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • Ezekiel 5:10-12

    Therefore 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 into all the winds. Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Jeremiah 15:2

    And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • Leviticus 26:26

    And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. the fourth.
39:2; 2Ki 25:3; Zec 8:19
the famine.
15:2; 19:9; 21:9; 25:10; 38:9; Le 26:26; De 28:52,53; 32:24; Isa 3:1
La 4:4-6; 5:10; Eze 4:9-17; 5:10-12; 7:15; 14:21

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Context

  • Jeremiah 52:5

    So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

  • Jeremiah 52:6

    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.

  • Jeremiah 52:7

    Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

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Jeremiah 52:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		En el mes cuarto, á los nueve del mes, prevaleció el hambre en la ciudad, hasta no haber pan para el pueblo de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Au quatrième mois, le neuvième jour du mois, la famine se renforça dans la ville, et il n’y avait point de pain pour le peuple du pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im vierten Monat, am Neunten des Monats, da nahm der Hunger in der Stadt überhand; und es war kein Brot mehr da für das Volk des Landes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mense autem quarto, nona mensis, obtinuit fames civitatem, et non erant alimenta populo terræ.