FAMINE
(See also Food Shortages; Hunger; Last Days; Signs; Spiritual Famine; Time of the End)
physical:
Agabus’ prophecy: ad 40
causes: w85 10/15 21; w85 11/15 10; g80 8/22 5-6; g78 2/8 31; w75 195-196; g75 1/22 29; w74 196-197; g74 3/8 6-7; g74 7/22 3-7; g74 9/8 30; g74 11/8 29-30; tp73 13-15; g73 6/22 6-11; g73 8/22 30; g67 5/8 10-11; g67 9/8 12-15; w65 243; g65 6/8 29; g64 4/8 30; g63 7/22 31; g60 6/8 13-16; g58 4/8 16; g56 2/8 4; g54 9/22 3; g51 5/8 7; g51 9/8 14-15; g48 8/8 20-24; g47 5/22 7; g46 7/31 15; py 22-30
Christian view: w75 196; w75 634; g75 2/22 8, 11; w74 40; w74 248-249
coping with: g74 9/22 6-7
deaths from, in 1980: w84 6/15 3
discussion: g85 5/22 3-10; g78 2/8 4-7; w75 195-196; g75 2/22 7-11; g73 6/22 3-13, 16-17; g73 10/8 21; ad 565-566; g67 9/8 7-19
effect on families: g85 5/22 29
effects: g85 5/22 5; g75 2/22 10-11
extent of, prior to great tribulation: w76 441-442
first century (C.E.): w70 45
predictions for future: tr 88-89; w77 434; w76 300; g75 3/22 29; w74 195-196; w74 243; g74 2/8 29; g74 3/22 3; g74 5/8 29; g74 6/22 5-6, 29; g74 7/22 3-7; g74 10/8 29; g74 11/8 10; g74 11/22 29; tp73 13-14, 82; g73 6/22 5-6, 16-17; g73 7/8 29; g73 9/22 29; g73 10/8 5-6; g73 11/8 29; g72 7/22 3, 10-12; g71 10/8 7, 28, 30; w70 270; g70 1/22 6; w69 70; is 125; g69 1/22 15; w68 227; g68 2/8 31; g68 7/22 30; g68 9/22 29; g68 10/8 15; g67 9/8 7-8, 29; g67 9/22 29; g66 6/22 31; g66 8/22 29
religion’s influence: g74 7/22 30; g73 6/22 8-9
sign of last days: w84 12/15 25; w83 4/15 3-7; w83 5/15 23-24; w82 5/15 14-15; kc 122-123; w80 10/15 10
statistics: g84 9/22 29; w80 10/15 16; g78 7/8 4; g77 1/8 23; w74 295; g74 7/22 3-4, 6; g72 7/22 11; g71 10/8 7, 17; g70 1/22 6; is 125; g69 2/8 30; g69 10/8 20; g67 1/22 29; g67 9/8 9; g66 3/22 29; g66 6/8 30; g66 11/22 29; w65 236-238; g64 4/8 30; g64 5/8 30; g63 3/8 11; g63 5/8 29; g63 6/8 9; g62 3/8 11; g62 11/8 29; w61 627; g61 2/22 7; g61 7/8 30; g60 5/22 19; pa 181-182; g58 4/8 16; w56 614; g56 2/8 3; g54 4/22 31; g54 9/22 3; g51 5/8 5-6; w50 398; g48 8/8 22-23; g47 5/22 6; g46 1/30 11-12; g46 7/31 14-15; g43 3/17 23; g34 10/24 40-48
technology fails to solve: w74 40; w74 197; g73 6/22 7, 10
spiritual: su 79-81; w70 27-30; w65 487; g63 11/8 30; w61 102; ns 301; w60 511; w59 427-428; g59 5/8 3; g58 1/8 6-7; w57 241-244; w56 711; w55 547; sr55 328-329; g55 8/22 7; w54 99-101; w53 649-652; w52 102; w51 304-305; g48 7/22 3-12; rg 132-162; w39 195-204; w38 367-368; w37 381-382; w35 203; w34 88; v-1 56-59, 170
symbolic representation: w78 10/1 17; w74 358; fm 52-53; is 124; w65 148-149; w62 151; pa 182; sr55 328-329; g47 5/22 3; ki 335; w42 150; lt-1-30 75-76
List by Place
Afghanistan: g73 2/8 29
Africa: w85 10/15 21; w85 11/15 10; g85 7/22 3-4; w83 4/15 7; g83 5/22 30; g83 10/8 29-30; g75 2/22 10; g74 3/8 5-8; g74 7/22 4, 6; g74 9/8 30; g73 10/8 6
Bangladesh: g75 2/22 9
Chad: g85 5/22 29
China: w84 12/15 25; g62 2/8 29; g61 6/22 31
Egypt, in Joseph’s day: ad 565, 961-962; w70 28; w66 560; w64 437-438; bf 61; w61 153-155; w59 671; sr55 325-329; w45 300-302; w43 303; w40 235-237; w37 58-60
Ethiopia: g85 3/8 29; g74 7/22 6
India: g75 2/22 9-11; g74 7/22 7; g73 5/8 29; g73 6/22 3-4, 7-9; g72 7/22 3; w68 35; w67 199; g67 5/8 9-10; g67 8/8 30; g67 9/8 8-9; g66 6/22 31; g66 7/8 29; w65 236; g64 5/8 30
Indonesia: g66 11/8 31
Iraq: g75 2/22 9
Ireland: g72 7/22 6
Kenya: g62 3/8 9-10
Mozambique: g84 7/8 30
Nigeria: g75 2/22 9
Somalia: g76 1/8 30
Third World nations: g81 3/22 29
Quotations
500 million starving in less developed lands: g74 7/22 5
by 1985 worldwide famines: tp73 14
earth could feed three times population: g56 2/8 4
enough resources to provide for everybody: w60 164
famine will happen no matter what: w70 270; g67 9/8 29
geography of hunger is worldwide: g62 3/8 11
glut and limitation of production in the midst of world hunger: g63 5/8 29
Great World Famine has begun: w70 270; g67 9/8 7
half of world’s population suffer from malnutrition: g67 8/22 6; w65 238
hungry multiplying twice as fast as well fed: tp73 13
in 1973 close to having 50-60 million die: g74 7/22 5
millions on brink of starvation: g74 9/22 3
millions starve to death: pa 181
never in history so much undernourishment: g62 12/8 29
things much worse than when we wrote Famine—1975!: g75 2/22 29
two thirds of world starving: pa 181; g56 2/8 3; g54 4/8 11
world is running out of food: g67 9/8 10