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Lexicon :: Strong's H7458 - rāʿāḇ

Aa
רָעָב
Transliteration
rāʿāḇ
Pronunciation
raw-awb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2183a

Strong’s Definitions

רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x

The KJV translates Strong's H7458 in the following manner: famine (87x), hunger (8x), dearth (5x), famished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x
The KJV translates Strong's H7458 in the following manner: famine (87x), hunger (8x), dearth (5x), famished (1x).

  1. famine, hunger

    1. famine (in land, nation)

      1. of Jehovah's word (fig)

    2. hunger (of individuals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.
STRONGS H7458: Abbreviations
רָעָב 101 noun masculineGenesis 26:1 famine, hunger; — absolute ר׳ Genesis 12:10 +; suffix רְעָבָם Nehemiah 9:15;
1. famine (in land, nation or city), Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 41:30, 31; Exodus 16:3; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 24:13 = 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 6:25 +; שְׁנֵי(הָ)ר׳ Genesis 41:27, 30, 36, שְׁנַת ר׳ Genesis 41:50, but also שָׁנִים ר׳ [שָׁלוֺשׁ] שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13 (on gender see AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 103) = 1 Chronicles 21:12; with חזק (be) severe Genesis 47:56; Genesis 47:57; 1 Kings 18:2; 1Ki 25:3= Jeremiah 52:6, חזק עַל Genesis 47:20; with כָּבֵד Genesis 12:10; Genesis 47:4, 13; גָּדוֺל 2 Kings 6:25; זַלְעֲפוֺת ר׳ Lamentations 5:10; מְזֵי ר׳ Deuteronomy 32:24 + Isaiah 5:13 (see [מָזֶה]), תַּחֲלוּאֵי ר׳ Jeremiah 14:18, חַלֲלֵי ר׳ Lamentations 5:10, אֲסֻפֵי ר׳ Ezekiel 34:29; חִצֵּי הָר׳ Ezekiel 5:16; as scourge of י׳ (+ חֶרֶב, דֶּבֶר, etc.; especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel), Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 21:7, 9; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 6:11, 12 +, etc.; figurative of lack of י׳'s word Amos 8:11.
2. hunger, of individual Jeremiah 32:9; Deuteronomy 28:48 (+ צָמָא, etc.), 2 Chronicles 32:11 (+ id.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 26:1; 26:1; 41:27; 41:30; 41:30; 41:31; 41:36; 41:50; 47:4; 47:13; 47:20

Exodus

16:3

Deuteronomy

28:48; 32:24

2 Samuel

21:1; 24:13; 24:13

1 Kings

18:2

2 Kings

4:38; 6:25; 6:25

1 Chronicles

21:12

2 Chronicles

32:11

Nehemiah

9:15

Isaiah

5:13

Jeremiah

5:12; 11:22; 14:12; 14:18; 21:7; 21:9; 32:9; 52:6

Lamentations

5:10; 5:10

Ezekiel

5:2; 5:16; 6:11; 6:12; 34:29

Amos

8:11

H7458

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7458 matches the Hebrew רָעָב (rāʿāḇ),
which occurs 101 times in 88 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:10–Jer 15:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - Now there was a famine H7458 in the land; H776 so Abram H87 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there, H8033 for the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - Now there was a famine H7458 in the land, H776 besides H4480 H905 the previous H7223 famine H7458 that had occurred H1961 in the days H3117 of Abraham. H85 So Isaac H3327 went H1980 to Gerar, H1642 to Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - “The seven H7651 lean H7534 and ugly H7451 cows H6510 that came H5927 up after H310 them are seven H7651 years, H8141 and the seven H7651 thin H7534 ears H7641 scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921 will be seven H7651 years H8141 of famine. H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and after H310 them seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 will [fn]come, H6965 and all H3605 the abundance H7647 will be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 and the famine H7458 will [fn]ravage H3615 the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - “So the abundance H7647 will be unknown H3045 H3808 in the land H776 because H4480 H6440 of that subsequent H310 famine; H7458 for it will be very H3966 severe. H3515

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - “Let the food H400 become H1961 as a reserve H6487 for the land H776 for the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 which H834 will occur H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 so that the land H776 will not perish H3772 during the famine.” H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - Now before H2962 the year H8141 of famine H7458 came, H935 two H8147 sons H1121 were born H3205 to Joseph, H3130 whom H834 Asenath, H621 the daughter H1323 of Potiphera H6319 priest H3548 of [fn]On, H204 bore H3205 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 began H2490 to come, H935 just H834 as Joseph H3130 had said, H559 then there was famine H7458 in all H3605 the lands, H776 but in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 there was bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - When the famine H7458 was spread over H5921 all H3605 the face H6440 of the earth, H776 then Joseph H3130 opened H6605 all H3605 [fn]the storehouses, H834 and sold H7666 to the Egyptians; H4714 and the famine H7458 was severe H2388 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - The people of all H3605 the earth H776 came H935 to Egypt H4714 to buy H7666 grain H7666 from Joseph, H3130 because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H2388 in all H3605 the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to buy H7666 grain H7666 among H8432 those who were coming, H935 for the famine H7458 was in the land H776 of Canaan H3667 also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - Now the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - “For the famine H7458 has been in the land H776 these H2088 two years, H8141 and there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 in which H834 there H369 will be neither H369 plowing H2758 nor H369 harvesting. H7105

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - “There H8033 I will also provide H3557 for you, for there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 of famine H7458 to come, and you and your household H1004 and all H3605 that you have would be impoverished.”’ H3423

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They said H559 to Pharaoh, H6547 “We have come H935 to sojourn H1481 in the land, H776 for there H369 is no H369 pasture H4829 for your servants’ H5650 flocks, H6629 for the famine H7458 is severe H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667 Now, H6258 therefore, please H4994 let your servants H5650 [fn]live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen.” H1657

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Now there H369 was no H369 [fn]food H3899 in all H3605 the land, H776 because H3588 the famine H7458 was very H3966 severe, H3515 so that the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and the land H776 of Canaan H3667 languished H3856 because H4480 H6440 of the famine. H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - So Joseph H3130 bought H7069 all H3605 the land H127 of Egypt H4714 for Pharaoh, H6547 for [fn]every H376 Egyptian H4714 sold H4376 his field, H7704 because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H2388 upon them. Thus the land H776 became H1961 Pharaoh’s. H6547

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “Would H4310 H5414 that we had died H4191 by the LORD’S H3068 hand H3027 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 when we sat H3427 by the pots H5518 of [fn]meat, H1320 when we ate H398 bread H3899 to the full; H7648 for you have brought H3318 us out into this H2088 wilderness H4057 to kill H4191 this H2088 whole H3605 assembly H6951 with hunger.” H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - therefore you shall serve H5647 your enemies H340 whom H834 the LORD H3068 will send H7971 against you, in hunger, H7458 in thirst, H6772 in nakedness, H5903 and in the lack H2640 of all H3605 things; H3605 and He will put H5414 an iron H1270 yoke H5923 on your neck H6677 until H5704 He has destroyed H8045 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - ‘They will be wasted H4198 by famine, H7458 and consumed H3898 by [fn]plague H7565
And bitter H4815 destruction; H6986
And the teeth H8127 of beasts H929 I will send H7971 upon them,
With the venom H2534 of crawling H2119 things H2119 of the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came H1961 about in the days H3117 when the judges H8199 [fn]governed, H8199 that there was a famine H7458 in the land. H776 And a certain man H376 of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063 went H1980 to sojourn H1481 in the land H7704 of Moab H4124 [fn]with his wife H802 and his two H8147 sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Now there was a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 for three H7969 years, H8141 year H8141 after H310 year; H8141 and David H1732 sought H1245 the presence H6440 of the LORD. H3068 And the LORD H3068 said, H559 “It is for Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house, H1004 because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to death.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad H1410 came H935 to David H1732 and told H5046 him, and said H559 to him, “Shall seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 come H935 to you in your land? H776 Or H518 will you flee H5127 three H7969 months H2320 before H6440 your foes H6862 while they pursue H7291 you? Or shall there be three H7969 days’ H3117 pestilence H1698 in your land? H776 Now H6258 consider H3045 and see H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall return H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - “If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land, H776 if H3588 there is pestilence, H1698 if H3588 there is blight H7711 or mildew, H3420 locust H697 or grasshopper, H2625 if H3588 their enemy H340 besieges H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities, H8179 whatever H3605 plague, H5061 whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah H452 went H1980 to show H7200 himself to Ahab. H256 Now the famine H7458 was severe H2389 in Samaria. H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal, H1537 there was a famine H7458 in the land. H776 [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 before H6440 him, he said H559 to his servant, H5288 “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets.” H5030

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - There was a great H1419 famine H7458 in Samaria; H8111 and behold, H2009 they besieged H6696 H5921 it, until H5704 a donkey’s H2543 head H7218 was sold H1961 for eighty H8084 shekels of silver, H3701 and a fourth H7255 of a [fn]kab H6894 of dove’s H3123 dung H1686 for five H2568 shekels of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - “If H518 we say, H559 ‘We will enter H935 the city,’ H5892 then the famine H7458 is in the city H5892 and we will die H4191 there; H8033 and if H518 we sit H3427 here, H6311 we die H4191 also. Now H6258 therefore come, H1980 and let us [fn]go H5307 over H5307 to the camp H4264 of the Arameans. H758 If H518 they spare H2421 us, we will live; H2421 and if H518 they kill H4191 us, we will but die.” H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Now Elisha H477 spoke H1696 to the woman H802 whose H834 son H1121 he had restored H2421 to life, H2421 saying, H559 “Arise H6965 and go H1980 [fn]with your household, H1004 and sojourn H1481 wherever H834 you can sojourn; H1481 for the LORD H3068 has called H7121 for a famine, H7458 and it will even H1571 come H935 on the land H776 for seven H7651 years.” H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - On the ninth H8672 day of the fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 was so severe H2388 in the city H5892 that there was no H3808 food H3899 for the people H5971 of the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either H518 three H7969 years H8141 of famine, H7458 or three H7969 months H2320 to be swept H5595 away H5595 before H4480 H6440 your foes, H6862 while the sword H2719 of your enemies H340 overtakes H5381 you, or else three H7969 days H3117 of the sword H2719 of the LORD, H3068 even pestilence H1698 in the land, H776 and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 destroying H7843 throughout all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel.’ H3478 Now, H6258 therefore, consider H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall return H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - “If H3588 there is famine H7458 in the land, H776 if H3588 there is pestilence, H1698 if H3588 there is blight H7711 or mildew, H3420 if H3588 there is locust H697 or grasshopper, H2625 if H3588 their enemies H340 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities, H8179 whatever H3605 plague H5061 or whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘Should H518 evil H7451 come H935 upon us, the sword, H2719 or judgment, H8196 or pestilence, H1698 or famine, H7458 we will stand H5975 before H6440 this H2088 house H1004 and before H6440 You (for Your name H8034 is in this H2088 house) H1004 and cry H2199 to You in our distress, H6869 and You will hear H8085 and deliver H3467 us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is not Hezekiah H2396 misleading H5496 you to give H5414 yourselves over to die H4191 by hunger H7458 and by thirst, H6772 saying, H559 “The LORD H3068 our God H430 will deliver H5337 us from the [fn]hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria”? H804

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - There H3426 were others who H834 said, H559 “We are mortgaging H6148 our fields, H7704 our vineyards H3754 and our houses H1004 that we might get H3947 grain H1715 because of the famine.” H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - “You provided H5414 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger, H7458
You brought H3318 forth H3318 water H4325 from a rock H5553 for them for their thirst, H6772
And You told H559 them to enter H935 in order to possess H3423
The land H776 which H834 You [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to give H5414 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - “In famine H7458 He will redeem H6299 you from death, H4194
And in war H4421 from the power H3027 of the sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 - To deliver H5337 their soul H5315 from death H4194
And to keep H2421 them alive H2421 in famine. H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 - And He called H7121 for a famine H7458 upon the land; H776
He broke H7665 the whole H3605 staff H4294 of bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore H3651 My people H5971 go H1540 into exile H1540 for their lack H1097 of knowledge; H1847
And [fn]their honorable H3519 men H4962 are famished, H7458
And their multitude H1995 is parched H6704 with thirst. H6772

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - “[fn]Those who are most H1060 helpless H1800 will eat, H7462
And the needy H34 will lie H7257 down H7257 in security; H983
I will [fn]destroy H4191 your root H8328 with famine, H7458
And it will kill H2026 off your survivors. H7611

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These H2007 two H8147 things H8147 have befallen H7122 you;
Who H4310 will mourn H5110 for you?
The devastation H7701 and destruction, H7667 famine H7458 and sword; H2719
How H4310 shall I comfort H5162 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have lied H3584 about the LORD H3068
And said, H559 “[fn]Not He;
Misfortune H7451 will not come H935 on us,
And we will not see H7200 sword H2719 or famine. H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “Behold, H2009 I am about to punish H6485 them! The young H970 men H970 will die H4191 by the sword, H2719 their sons H1121 and daughters H1323 will die H4191 by famine; H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - “When H3588 they fast, H6684 I am not going to listen H8085 to their cry; H7440 and when H3588 they offer H5927 burnt H5930 offering H5930 and grain offering, H4503 I am not going to accept H7521 them. Rather H3588 I am going to make H3615 an end H3615 of them by the sword, H2719 famine H7458 and pestilence.” H1698

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - But, “Ah, H162 Lord H136 [fn]GOD!” H3068 I said, H559 “Look, H2009 the prophets H5030 are telling H559 them, ‘You will not see H7200 the sword H2719 nor H3808 will you have H1961 famine, H7458 but I will give H5414 you [fn]lasting H571 peace H7965 in this H2088 place.’” H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - “Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 who are prophesying H5012 in My name, H8034 although it was not I who sent H7971 them—yet they keep saying, H559 ‘There will be no H3808 sword H2719 or famine H7458 in this H2088 land’ H776—by sword H2719 and famine H7458 those H1992 prophets H5030 shall [fn]meet H8552 their end! H8552

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - “The people H5971 also to whom H834 they are prophesying H5012 will be thrown H7993 out into the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 because H4480 H6440 of the famine H7458 and the sword; H2719 and there H369 will be no H369 one H369 to bury H6912 them—neither them, nor their wives, H802 nor H369 their sons, H1121 nor H369 their daughters H1323—for I will pour H8210 out their own wickedness H7451 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - ‘If H518 I go H3318 out to the country, H7704
Behold, H2009 those [fn]slain H2491 with the sword! H2719
Or if H518 I enter H935 the city, H5892
Behold, H2009 diseases H8463 of famine! H7458
For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548
Have [fn]gone roving H5503 about H5503 in the land H776 that they do not know.’” H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - “And it shall be that when H3588 they say H559 to you, ‘Where H575 should we go?’ H3318 then you are to tell H559 them, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD: H3068
“Those destined for death, H4194 to death; H4194
And those destined for the sword, H2719 to the sword; H2719
And those destined for famine, H7458 to famine; H7458
And those destined for captivity, H7628 to captivity.”’ H7628

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