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. -- Ho 2:8,9; Hag 1:6. Want of seasonable rain. -- 1Ki 17:1; Jer 14:1-4; Am 4:7. Rotting of the seed in the ground. -- Joe 1:17. Swarms of insects. -- De 28:38,42; Joe 1:4. Blasting and mildew. -- Am 4:9; Hag 2:17. Devastation by enemies. -- De 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. -- Isa 3:1. Cleanness of Teeth. -- Am 4:6. The arrows of famine. -- Eze 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. -- 2Ki 4:39,40. Ass's flesh. -- 2Ki 6:25. Dung. -- 2Ki 6:25; La 4:5. Human flesh. -- Le 26:29; 2Ki 6:28,29. Provisions sold by weight during -- Eze 4:16. Suffering of brute creation from -- Jer 14:5,6. Caused Burning and fever. -- De 32:24. Blackness of the skin. -- La 4:8; 5:10. Grief and mourning. -- Joe 1:11-13. Faintness. -- Ge 47:13. Wasting of the body. -- La 4:8; Eze 4:17. Death. -- 2Ki 7:4; Jer 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. -- Ge 12:10. In the days of Isaac. -- Ge 26:1. In the days of Joseph. -- Ge 41:53-56. In the day of the Judges. -- Ru 1:1. In the reign of David. -- 2Sa 21:1. In the reign of Ahab. -- 1Ki 17:1; 18:5. In the time of Elisha. -- 2Ki 4:38. During the siege of Samaria. -- 2Ki 6:25. Of seven years foretold by Elisha. -- 2Ki 8:1. In the time of Jeremiah. -- Jer 14:1. During the siege of Jerusalem. -- 2Ki 25:3. After the captivity. -- Ne 5:3. In the reign of Claudius Caesar. -- Ac 11:28. Before destruction of Jerusalem. -- Mt 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. -- Am 8:11,12. Destruction of idols. -- Zep 2:11.