Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 52:6 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Jeremiah 52:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 52 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on 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. This verse records the humanitarian catastrophe preceding Jerusalem's fall. The date (July 18, 586 BCE, per verse 1-2 chronology) marks when famine reached unbearable severity after thirty months of siege. The phrase "no bread for the people of the land" indicates complete food supply exhaustion—not mere shortages but total absence. Lamentations 4:9-10 describes the horror: people preferring death by sword to slow starvation, even cannibalism occurring...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 52:6
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“in the fourth month”
“behold”
“these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet”
“so that there was no bread for the people of the land.”
“and barley”
“the sword”
“and no man breaks it to them.”
“and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.”
“ten women shall bake your bread in one oven”
“in the siege and in the distress”