Jeremiah 52:6
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 39:2 records that on this same date the city wall was breached, explaining the famine's severity.
Jeremiah 15:2 prophesied death by famine as judgment; this verse records the fulfillment of that prophecy.
Jeremiah 19:9 prophesied cannibalism during the siege, which the severe famine here made possible.
Jeremiah 21:9 warned that staying in the city meant death by famine; the famine in this verse confirms that judgment.
Jeremiah 14:18 laments famine in the city as divine judgment — directly echoes the same siege context.
Jeremiah 32:24 explicitly mentions the siege ramps and famine — a direct parallel to the same historical siege.
Jeremiah 37:21 shows bread rations running out during the siege — a concrete illustration of the famine described here.
Deuteronomy 28:52 warns of enemy siege leading to extreme distress; this famine is the direct result of that siege.
Ezekiel 7:15 lists famine among the judgments sent on Israel; this verse records its deadly reality.
Ezekiel 5:10-12 prophesied cannibalism from extreme famine—the desperation here makes that possible.
Ezekiel 4:9-17 symbolically enacted the scarcity of food during the siege, which this famine fulfills.
Lamentations 5:10 also depicts the famine's effect—skin hot from burning hunger—echoing the same siege suffering.
Lamentations 4:4-6 describes the same famine event, with children begging for food and the punishment surpassing Sodom.
In Isaiah 3:1, God promised to remove the supply of bread; this famine is the direct fulfillment of that judgment.
2 Kings 25:3 is the parallel historical account of the same famine event during Jerusalem's siege, with identical wording.
In Deuteronomy 32:24, the curse of wasting hunger is threatened; this famine in Jerusalem fulfills that covenant curse.
Deuteronomy 28:53 predicts cannibalism during siege as a curse; the famine here creates the conditions for that horror.
Leviticus 26:26 is the covenant curse of bread shortage; the famine in Jerusalem fulfills this threatened judgment.
Lamentations 1:11 describes people searching for bread during the siege — directly parallels the famine here.
2 Kings 25:4 records the same historical event — the breach of the city wall immediately following the severe famine.
Zechariah 8:19 mentions the fast of the fourth month, which commemorates this famine and the breach, later turned to joy.