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.


In Context

3 It was because of the Lord 's anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They camped outside the city and built siege works all around it.

5 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

6 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.

7 Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,

8 but the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:6In 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.

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.