Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

2 Kings 25:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 3 On the ninth+ day of the [fourth] month* the famine+ was severe in the city, and there proved to be no bread+ for the people of the land.

Jeremiah 37:21

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 21 Accordingly King Zed·e·kiʹah commanded, and they then put Jeremiah in custody in the Courtyard of the Guard;+ and there was a giving of a round loaf of bread to him daily from the street of the bakers,+ until all the bread was exhausted from the city.+ And Jeremiah continued dwelling in the Courtyard of the Guard.+

Lamentations 1:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 11 All her people are sighing; they are looking for bread.+
  They have given their desirable things for something to eat, in order to refresh the soul.*+
  See, O Jehovah, and do look, for I have become as a valueless woman.*+

Lamentations 4:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 9 Better have those slain with the sword+ proved to be than those slain by famine,+
  Because these pine away,* pierced through for lack of the produce of the open field.

Lamentations 5:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 9 At the risk of our soul we bring in our bread,+ because of the sword of the wilderness.

Revelation 6:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 6 And I heard a voice as if in the midst+ of the four living creatures+ say: “A quart* of wheat for a de·narʹi·us,*+ and three quarts of barley for a de·narʹi·us; and do not harm the olive oil and the wine.”+