By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

四月初九日，城里有大饥荒，甚至百姓都没有粮食。

四月初九，城里的饥荒非常严重，当地的百姓都没有粮食。

四月初九，城里的饥荒非常严重，当地的百姓都没有粮食。

那年四月九日，城里饥荒非常严重，百姓无粮可吃。

四月九日，城里饥荒非常严重，甚至那地的人民都断了粮食。

四月初九日，城裏有大饑荒，甚至百姓都沒有糧食。

四月初九，城裏的饑荒非常嚴重，當地的百姓都沒有糧食。

四月初九，城裏的饑荒非常嚴重，當地的百姓都沒有糧食。

那年四月九日，城裡饑荒非常嚴重，百姓無糧可吃。

四月九日，城裡饑荒非常嚴重，甚至那地的人民都斷了糧食。

四月九日、城裏大鬧饑荒，甚至當地的人民都沒有糧食。

四月九日、邑中饑甚、斯土之民絕糧、

四月九日、邑民糧罄饑甚。

四月九日、城中之民絕糧、饑甚、

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food.

And on the ninth[ day] of the[ fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

A third of your people will die of the plague inside your walls. Or they will die of hunger there. Another third will be killed by swords outside your walls. And I will scatter the last third of your people to the winds. I will chase them with a sword that is ready to strike them down.

“‘ There is trouble everywhere. War is outside the city. Plague and hunger are inside it. Those out in the country will die in battle. Those in the city will be destroyed by hunger and plague.

They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.Your enemies will surround you and attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.

The Lord and King says,“ It will get much worse. I will punish Jerusalem in four horrible ways. There will be war, hunger, wild animals and plague. They will destroy the people and their animals.

“ The Lord says,‘ Those who stay in this city will die of war, hunger or plague. But those who go over to the side of the Babylonians will live. They will escape with their lives. They will remain alive.’

I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.

When the babies get thirsty, their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths. When the children beg for bread, no one gives them any.Those who once ate fine food are dying in the streets. Those who wore royal clothes are now lying on piles of trash.My people have been punished more than Sodom was. It was destroyed in a moment. No one offered it a helping hand.Jerusalem’s princes were brighter than snow. They were whiter than milk. Their bodies were redder than rubies. They looked like lapis lazuli.But now they are blacker than coal. No one even recognizes them in the streets. Their skin is wrinkled on their bones. It has become as dry as a stick.Those killed by swords are better off than those who die of hunger. Those who are hungry waste away to nothing. They don’t have any food from the fields.With their own hands, loving mothers have had to cook even their own children. They ate their children when my people were destroyed.

By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

“ Get some wheat and barley. Also get some beans and lentils. And get some millet and spelt. Put everything in a storage jar. Use it to make some bread for yourself. Eat it during the 390 days you are lying down on your side.Weigh out eight ounces of food to eat each day. Eat it at your regular mealtimes.Also measure out two- thirds of a quart of water. Drink it at your regular mealtimes.Eat your food as you would eat a loaf of barley bread. Bake it over human waste in front of the people.”The Lord said,“ That is how the people of Israel will eat‘ unclean’ food. They will eat it in the nations where I will drive them.”Then I said,“ No, Lord and King! I won’t do this! I’ve never eaten anything‘ unclean.’ From the time I was young until now, I’ve never eaten anything that was found dead. And I’ve never eaten anything torn apart by wild animals.‘ Unclean’ meat has never entered my mouth.”“ All right,” he said.“ I will let you bake your bread over waste from cows. You can use that instead of human waste.”He continued,“ Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will be worried as they eat their tiny share of food. They will not have any hope as they drink their tiny share of water.There will be very little food and water. The people will be shocked as they look at one another. They will become weaker and weaker because of their sin.

So parents will eat their own children inside the city. And children will eat their parents. I will punish you. And I will scatter to the winds anyone who is left alive.

Then King Zedekiah gave the order. His men put Jeremiah in the courtyard of the guard. They gave him a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers. They did it every day until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

“ You have established special times to go without eating. They are your fasts in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. They will become days of joy. They will be happy times for Judah. It will happen if you take delight in telling the truth and bringing about peace.”

The city wall was broken through. It happened on the ninth day of the fourth month. It was in the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule.