6In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.


In Context

3 For, because the anger of Jehovah was against Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem; and they encamped against it, and built turrets against it round about.

5 And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

6 In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

7 And the city was broken into: and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were near the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.

8 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Jeremiah 52:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:6And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

52:6By 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

52:6And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

52:6In 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

52:6In 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:6And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:6In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

52:6In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:6And 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.