Verse-by-Verse Bible CommentaryJeremiah 52:6
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. Jump to: Clarke Commentary • Gill's Exposition • Scofield's Notes • Constable's Expository Notes • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes • Ellicott's Commentary • Treasury of Knowledge Other Authors
Adam Clarke CommentaryAnd in the fourth month - See the notes on Jeremiah 39:1, etc. The fourth month answers nearly to our July. Copyright Statement Bibliography John Gill's Exposition of the Whole BibleAnd in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month,.... The month Tammuz the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land; for the common people; though there might be some in the king's palace, and in the houses of princes and noblemen, and officers of the army; yet none for the soldiers, and the meaner sort of people; who therefore were disheartened and enfeebled, that they could not defend the city, or hold out any longer: the famine had been before this time, but was now increased to a prodigious degree, so that the people had no bread to eat; see Jeremiah 38:9. Copyright Statement Bibliography Scofield's Reference Notesfourth month i.e. July. Copyright Statement Bibliography Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable
The people in Jerusalem ran out of food on the ninth day of the fourth month of586 B.C. ( Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 39:2; 2 Kings 25:3). Copyright Statement Bibliography E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notesthe famine. Described in the Lamentations of Jeremiah. See note on Genesis 12:10. Copyright Statement Bibliography Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) And in the fourth month.—Omitted in the Hebrew of 2 Kings 25:3, but supplied in the English version. Copyright Statement Bibliography Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeAnd 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.
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