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Famine

Famine

Sent by God - Ps 10:16

Often on account of sin - Le 26:21,26; La 4:4-6

One of God's four sore judgments - Eze 14:21

CAUSED BY

God's blessing withheld

2:8,9;

1:6

Want of seasonable rain

17:1;

14:1-4;

4:7

Rotting of the seed in the ground

1:17

Swarms of insects

28:38,42;

1:4

Blasting and mildew

4:9;

2:17

Devastation by enemies

28:33,51

Often long continued - Ge 41:27; 2Ki 8:1,2

Often severe - Ge 12:10; 1Ki 18:2; Jer 52:6

EXPRESSED BY

Taking away the stay of bread, &c

3:1

Cleanness of Teeth

4:6

The arrows of famine

5:16

Often accompanied by war - Jer 14:15; 29:18

Often followed by pestilence - Jer 42:17; Eze 7:15; Mt 24:7

THINGS EATEN DURING

Wild herbs

4:39,40

Ass's flesh

6:25

Dung

6:25;

4:5

Human flesh

26:29;

6:28,29

Provisions sold by weight during - Eze 4:16

Suffering of brute creation from - Jer 14:5,6

CAUSED

Burning and fever

32:24

Blackness of the skin

4:8;

5:10

Grief and mourning

1:11-13

Faintness

47:13

Wasting of the body

4:8;

4:17

Death

7:4;

11:22

God provided for his people during - 1Ki 17:4,9; Job 5:20; Ps 33:19; 37:19

INSTANCES OF, IN SCRIPTURE

In the days of Abraham

12:10

In the days of Isaac

26:1

In the days of Joseph

41:53-56

In the day of the Judges

1:1

In the reign of David

21:1

In the reign of Ahab

17:1;

18:5

In the time of Elisha

4:38

During the siege of Samaria

6:25

Of seven years foretold by Elisha

8:1

In the time of Jeremiah

14:1

During the siege of Jerusalem

25:3

After the captivity

5:3

In the reign of Claudius Caesar

11:28

Before destruction of Jerusalem

24:7

The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by - Eze 36:29,30

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

A dearth of the means of grace

8:11,12

Destruction of idols

2:11

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