PESTILENCE

(See also Epidemics; Illness; Pandemics)

contributing factors:

abandonment of God’s Law: it-2 617

cities: g97 11/22 6-8

food shortage: it-2 617

poverty: g97 11/22 5-6

travel: g97 11/22 8

war: it-2 617

coping with: w23.02 23; w22.12 16-18

helping others: w22.12 22-24

discussion: it-2 617-618

Jehovah’s protection: it-2 618

meaning of term: it-2 617; nwt 1707

sign of last days: ijwbq article 176; mrt articles 39, 68; w22.12 17; wp20.2 9; it-2 617; bhs 97; bh 90; g 10/12 27; w11 5/1 6; w08 8/1 5; w08 10/1 7; w06 9/15 5; g05 12/22 10-11; g04 5/22 12-13; w98 9/15 7; w97 4/1 7; g97 11/22 3-10; kl 103; g95 4/22 8; g94 9/22 31; w91 11/15 7; gm 142-144; rs 236-237; w88 10/1 5-6; g88 4/8 10-11; w86 1/15 5

symbolic:

“causing adversities” (Ps 91:3): w01 11/15 16

“walks in the gloom” (Ps 91:6): w01 11/15 17-18