By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

四月初九日，城里有大饥荒，甚至百姓都没有粮食。

四月初九，城里的饥荒非常严重，当地的百姓都没有粮食。

四月初九，城里的饥荒非常严重，当地的百姓都没有粮食。

那年四月九日，城里饥荒非常严重，百姓无粮可吃。

四月九日，城里饥荒非常严重，甚至那地的人民都断了粮食。

四月初九日，城裏有大饑荒，甚至百姓都沒有糧食。

四月初九，城裏的饑荒非常嚴重，當地的百姓都沒有糧食。

四月初九，城裏的饑荒非常嚴重，當地的百姓都沒有糧食。

那年四月九日，城裡饑荒非常嚴重，百姓無糧可吃。

四月九日，城裡饑荒非常嚴重，甚至那地的人民都斷了糧食。

四月九日、城裏大鬧饑荒，甚至當地的人民都沒有糧食。

四月九日、邑中饑甚、斯土之民絕糧、

四月九日、邑民糧罄饑甚。

四月九日、城中之民絕糧、饑甚、

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

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.

By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.

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.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

And on the ninth[ day] of the[ fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you; a third will fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

The sword is on the outside; plague and famine are on the inside. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword, and famine and plague will devour whoever is in the city.

They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.“ You will eat your children, the flesh of your sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you.

“ For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four devastating judgments against Jerusalem— sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague— in order to wipe out both man and animal from it!

“ This is what the Lord says:‘ Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live. He will keep his life like the spoils of war and will live.’

When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

The nursing infant’s tongue clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in garbage heaps.The punishment of my dear people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand laid on it.Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their appearance like sapphire.Now they appear darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become dry like wood.Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children; they became their food during the destruction of my dear people.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

“ Also take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. Put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the number of days you lie on your side, 390 days.The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time.You are also to drink water by measure, a sixth of a gallon, which you will drink from time to time.You will eat it as you would a barley cake and bake it over dried human excrement in their sight.”The Lord said,“ This is how the Israelites will eat their bread— ceremonially unclean— among the nations where I will banish them.”But I said,“ Oh, Lord God, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”He replied to me,“ Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that.”Then He said to me,“ Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure.So they will lack bread and water; everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.

As a result, fathers will eat their sons within Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.

So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard. He was given a loaf of bread each day from the baker’s street until all the bread was gone from the city. So Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard.

“ The Lord of Hosts says this: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will become times of joy, gladness, and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.”

In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.