Leviticus 26:26 is the covenant curse of bread shortage and eating without satisfaction — exactly what Jerusalem suffers during the siege.

Deuteronomy 28:52 predicts the enemy siege that leads to the famine — the blockade that traps Jerusalem here.

Deuteronomy 28:53 warns of cannibalism during siege — the horrific extreme of this famine, fulfilled in Jerusalem's fall.

Jeremiah 37:21 records bread given daily until it ran out — a specific detail of the same famine that leaves no food here.

Jeremiah 38:2 prophesies death by famine for those staying in the city—the very famine that strikes here.

Jeremiah 39:2 records the breach of Jerusalem on the same date as the famine here.

Jeremiah 52:6 repeats the exact description of the famine during the siege on the ninth day of the fourth month.

Lamentations 4:4-10 poetically describes the same famine and its horrors — children starving and mothers eating their young.

Ezekiel 4:9-17 is a symbolic enactment of the siege's famine — eating bread by weight parallels the severe shortage here.

Ezekiel 5:10 prophesies cannibalism during the siege — a direct consequence of the famine described here.

Ezekiel 5:12 foretells that famine will kill a third of Jerusalem's people — the very famine that reaches its peak here.

Ezekiel 7:15 describes sword outside and famine inside — exactly the dual calamity of besieged Jerusalem here.

Ezekiel 14:21 lists famine among four judgments sent against Jerusalem — the same famine devastating the city here.