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Bible Verses About Sieges: Often suffered from famine

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Verses on Often suffered from famine

  1. And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king.

  2. And he said: If the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered:

  3. This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

  4. So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day: Give thy son, that we may eat him. And she hath hid her son.

  5. The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

  6. He that is far off shall die of the pestilence: and he that is near, shall fall by the sword: and he that remaineth, and is besieged, shall die by the famine: and I will accomplish my indignation upon them.