He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.

他命饥荒降在那地上，将所倚靠的粮食全行断绝，

他命饥荒降在那地，断绝日用的粮食，

他命饥荒降在那地，断绝日用的粮食，

祂在那里降下饥荒，断绝一切食物的供应。

他命令饥荒临到那地，断绝了一切粮食的供应。

他召来饥荒降到那地，断绝了一切粮食供应。

他命饑荒降在那地上，將所倚靠的糧食全行斷絕，

他命饑荒降在那地，斷絕日用的糧食，

他命饑荒降在那地，斷絕日用的糧食，

祂在那裡降下饑荒，斷絕一切食物的供應。

他命令饑荒臨到那地，斷絕了一切糧食的供應。

他呼喚了饑荒降於那地上，把糧食的支杖全給折斷，

他召來饑荒降到那地，斷絕了一切糧食供應。

令饑饉臨於斯土、盡絕所恃之糧兮、

上帝使斯土饑饉、絕其糈糧兮、

主使饑荒降地、絕人所倚賴之糧、

降彼士。以饑饉。民惶惶。糈糧盡。

He called down famine on the land and destroyed all their supplies of food;

When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread,

He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.

He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply.

And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

Moreover He called for a famine in the land; He destroyed all the provision of bread.

And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

He called down famine against the land and destroyed the entire food supply.

Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.

Here is what the Lord who rules over all is about to do. The Lord will take away from Jerusalem and Judah supplies and help alike. He will take away all the supplies of food and water.

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.

Then the seven years when there wasn’t enough food began. It happened just as Joseph had said it would. There wasn’t enough food in any of the other lands. But in the whole land of Egypt there was food.

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.

There is wine to make people glad. There is olive oil to make their skin glow. And there is bread to make them strong.

Elisha had brought a woman’s son back to life. He had said to her,“ Go away with your family. Stay for a while anywhere you can. The Lord has decided that there won’t be enough food in the land. That will be true for seven years.”

What good would it do you to watch us die? Why should our land be destroyed? Trade us food for ourselves and our land. Then we and our land will belong to Pharaoh. Give us some seeds so we can live and not die. We don’t want the land to become a desert.”

Israel’s sons were among the people who went to buy grain. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Canaan.Joseph was the governor of the land. He was the one who sold grain to all its people. When Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

I looked, and there in front of me was a pale horse! Its rider’s name was Death. Following close behind him was Hell. They were given power over a fourth of the earth. They were given power to kill people by swords. They could also use hunger, sickness and the earth’s wild animals to kill.

“ There was not enough food for all Egypt and Canaan. This brought great suffering. Jacob and his sons couldn’t find food.

So because of what you have done, the heavens have held back the dew. And the earth has not produced its crops.I ordered the rain not to fall on the fields and mountains. Then the ground did not produce any grain. There were not enough grapes to make fresh wine. The trees did not bear enough olives to make oil. People and cattle suffered. All your hard work failed.”

When someone blows a trumpet in a city, don’t the people tremble with fear? When trouble comes to a city, hasn’t the Lord caused it?

The commander replied,“ Lord, I am not good enough to have you come into my house. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.I myself am a man under authority. And I have soldiers who obey my orders. I tell this one,‘ Go,’ and he goes. I tell that one,‘ Come,’ and he comes. I say to my slave,‘ Do this,’ and he does it.”

Then Joseph said to Pharaoh,“ Both of Pharaoh’s dreams have the same meaning. God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.The seven good cows are seven years. And the seven good heads of grain are seven years. Both dreams mean the same thing.The seven thin, ugly cows that came up later are seven years. So are the seven worthless heads of grain dried up by the east wind. They are seven years when there won’t be enough food.“ It’s just as I said to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what he’s about to do.Seven years with plenty of food are coming to the whole land of Egypt.But seven years when there won’t be enough food will follow them. Then everyone will forget about all the food Egypt had. Terrible hunger will destroy the land.There won’t be anything left to remind people of the years when there was plenty of food in the land. That’s how bad the hunger that follows will be.God gave the dream to Pharaoh in two forms. That’s because the matter has been firmly decided by God. And it’s because God will do it soon.

You worked very hard to produce all those things. But I struck them with rot, mold and hail. And you still did not return to me,’ announces the Lord.

But there wasn’t any food in the whole area. In fact, there wasn’t enough food anywhere. The people of Egypt and Canaan lost their strength because there wasn’t enough food to go around.

The Lord and King gave me a vision. He was bringing large numbers of locusts on the land. The king’s share had already been harvested. Now the later crops were coming up.The locusts stripped the land clean. Then I cried out,“ Lord and King, forgive Israel! How can Jacob’s people continue? They are such a weak nation!”So the Lord had pity on them.“ I will let them continue for now,” he said.The Lord and King gave me a second vision. He was using fire to punish his people. It dried up the deep waters. It burned the land up.