Bible verses about Famine
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Sent by God Psalms 10:16 Often on account of sin Leviticus 26:21,26; Lamentations 4:4-6 One of God's four sore judgments Ezekiel 14:21 CAUSED BY God's blessing withheld Hosea 2:8,9; Haggai 1:6 Want of seasonable rain I Kings 17:1; Jeremiah 14:1-4; Amos 4:7 Rotting of the seed in the ground Joel 1:17 Swarms of insects Deuteronomy 28:38,42; Joel 1:4 Blasting and mildew Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:17 Devastation by enemies Deuteronomy 28:33,51 Often long continued Genesis 41:27; II Kings 8:1,2 Often severe Genesis 12:10; I 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 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 II Kings 4:39,40 Ass's flesh II Kings 6:25 Dung II Kings 6:25; Lamentations 4:5 Human flesh Leviticus 26:29; II Kings 6:28,29 Provisions sold by weight during Ezekiel 4:16 Suffering of brute creation from Jeremiah 14:5,6 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 II Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 11:22 God provided for his people during I Kings 17:4,9; 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 II Samuel 21:1 In the reign of Ahab I Kings 17:1; 18:5 In the time of Elisha II Kings 4:38 During the siege of Samaria II Kings 6:25 Of seven years foretold by Elisha II Kings 8:1 In the time of Jeremiah Jeremiah 14:1 During the siege of Jerusalem II 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 The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by Ezekiel 36:29,30 ILLUSTRATIVE OF A dearth of the means of grace Amos 8:11,12 Destruction of idols Zephaniah 2:11

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