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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.
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The Historical Reality of Judgment
Commentator John Gill explains that the famine occurred in the fourth month, Tammuz (June-July), and became so severe that the common people had no bread. This physical suffering was a direct consequence of the siege, weakening the city to the point of collapse. The event was so significant that it was later commemorated by a fast, as mentioned in Zechariah 8:19.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
And in the fourth month. —Omitted in the Hebrew of 2 Kings 25:3, but supplied in the English version.
16th Century
Protestant
Laus Deo
Commentary on Lamentations
Calvin's Preface
LECTURES OF JOHN CALVIN
ON
THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month The month Tammuz F15 , which answers to part of …
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Presbyterian
This fruit of sin we should pray against above anything; Cast me not away from thy presence (Psalms 51:11). None are cast out …
