Psalms 105:16
14 He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
15 “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
17 He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
- KJV
- Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- WEB
- He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.
- ASV
- And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.
- DARBY
- And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.
- BLB
- And He called down famine on the land; the whole staff of bread He has broken.
- ÅB
- Og han kalte hunger inn over landet, han brøt sønder hver støtte av brød[^1].
- OTB
- Og Han kalte en hungersnød over landet;
Han brøt hele brødforsyningen. - B1930
- Og han kalte hunger inn over landet, han brøt sønder hver støtte av brød. / < JES 3, 1.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 4:16
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:1
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
Read in contextGenesis 41:54
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Read in contextActs 7:11
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Read in contextGenesis 47:13
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
Read in context2 Kings 8:1
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
Read in contextPsalms 104:15
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
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