Ruth 1:1 There was a time when Israel didn’t have kings to rule over them. But they had leaders to help them. This is a story about some things that happened during t...

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New International Reader's Version - There was a time when Israel didn’t have kings to rule over them. But they had leaders to help them. This is a story about some things that happened during that time. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Judah. So a man went to live for a while in the country of Moab. He was from Bethlehem in Judah. His wife and two sons went with him.
新标点和合本 - 当士师秉政的时候，国中遭遇饥荒。在犹大的伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 士师统治的时候，国中有饥荒。在犹大的伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 士师统治的时候，国中有饥荒。在犹大的伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
当代译本 - 在士师执政的时代，犹大发生了饥荒。有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子从犹大的伯利恒迁到摩押境内寄居。
圣经新译本 - 在士师统治期间，国内发生了饥荒。有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子，从犹大的伯利恒前往摩押地去，寄居在那里。
中文标准译本 - 在士师们治理的日子里，犹大地有了饥荒。犹大的伯利恒有一个人，带着他的妻子和两个儿子，去摩押地寄居。
现代标点和合本 - 当士师秉政的时候，国中遭遇饥荒。在犹大伯利恒有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子，往摩押地去寄居。
和合本（拼音版） - 当士师秉政的时候，国中遭遇饥荒。在犹大伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
New International Version - In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
English Standard Version - In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
New Living Translation - In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
The Message - Once upon a time—it was back in the days when judges led Israel—there was a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah left home to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The man’s name was Elimelech; his wife’s name was Naomi; his sons were named Mahlon and Kilion—all Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They all went to the country of Moab and settled there.
Christian Standard Bible - During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.
New American Standard Bible - Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to reside in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
New King James Version - Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
Amplified Bible - In the days when the judges governed [Israel], there was a famine in the land [of Canaan]. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live temporarily in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
American Standard Version - And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
King James Version - Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
New English Translation - During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.
World English Bible - In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
新標點和合本 - 當士師秉政的時候，國中遭遇饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆，有一個人帶着妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 士師統治的時候，國中有饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆，有一個人帶着妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 士師統治的時候，國中有饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆，有一個人帶着妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
當代譯本 - 在士師執政的時代，猶大發生了饑荒。有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子從猶大的伯利恆遷到摩押境內寄居。
聖經新譯本 - 在士師統治期間，國內發生了饑荒。有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子，從猶大的伯利恆前往摩押地去，寄居在那裡。
呂振中譯本 - 當士師執政的日子、猶大地鬧饑荒；有一個人從猶大、伯利恆往摩押鄉間去寄居；他和他妻子跟兩個兒子一同去。
中文標準譯本 - 在士師們治理的日子裡，猶大地有了饑荒。猶大的伯利恆有一個人，帶著他的妻子和兩個兒子，去摩押地寄居。
現代標點和合本 - 當士師秉政的時候，國中遭遇饑荒。在猶大伯利恆有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子，往摩押地去寄居。
文理和合譯本 - 當士師主治時、斯土薦饑、有猶大伯利恆人、與妻及二子、往旅於摩押地、
文理委辦譯本 - 當士師治以色列族時、歲饑、猶大之伯利恆人、攜妻及二子、往摩押地居焉。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當士師秉政時、國值歲饑、有猶大之伯利恆人、攜妻及二子、往摩押地寄居、
Nueva Versión Internacional - En el tiempo en que los caudillos gobernaban el país, hubo allí una época de hambre. Entonces un hombre de Belén de Judá emigró a la tierra de Moab, junto con su esposa y sus dos hijos.
현대인의 성경 - 사사들이 나라를 다스리던 시대에 그 땅에 흉년이 들었다. 그때 엘리멜렉이라는
Новый Русский Перевод - В дни, когда правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
Восточный перевод - В дни, когда в Исраиле правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В дни, когда в Исраиле правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В дни, когда в Исроиле правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A l’époque où les chefs gouvernaient Israël, une famine survint dans le pays . Un homme de Bethléhem en Juda partit séjourner avec sa femme et ses deux fils dans la campagne du pays de Moab .
リビングバイブル - 昔、士師といわれる人たち（イスラエルに王国が設立されるまでの軍事的・政治的指導者）が治めていたころのことです。イスラエルを大ききんが襲いました。そのため、ユダのベツレヘム出身のエリメレクは、家族とともにモアブの地に移り住みました。妻の名はナオミといい、二人の間にはマフロンとキルヨンという息子がいました。
Nova Versão Internacional - Na época dos juízes houve fome na terra. Um homem de Belém de Judá, com a mulher e os dois filhos, foi viver por algum tempo nas terras de Moabe.
Hoffnung für alle - Zu der Zeit, als das Volk Israel von Männern geführt wurde, die man Richter nannte, brach im Land eine Hungersnot aus. Darum verließ ein Mann namens Elimelech aus der Sippe Efrat die Stadt Bethlehem in Juda, wo er gewohnt hatte. Er ging mit seiner Frau Noomi und seinen beiden Söhnen Machlon und Kiljon ins Land Moab und ließ sich dort nieder.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trong thời các phán quan, Ít-ra-ên gặp một nạn đói. Có một người ở Bết-lê-hem, xứ Giu-đa đem vợ và hai con trai đến kiều ngụ tại Mô-áp.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - สมัยที่ผู้วินิจฉัยปกครองอยู่เกิดการกันดารอาหารขึ้นในแผ่นดินนั้น ชายคนหนึ่งจากเบธเลเฮมในเขตยูดาห์กับภรรยาและบุตรชายสองคนจึงไปอาศัยอยู่ในดินแดนโมอับระยะหนึ่ง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในช่วงเวลาที่บรรดาผู้วินิจฉัยปกครองอยู่นั้น ได้เกิดความอดอยากในแผ่นดิน ชายชาวเมืองเบธเลเฮมในแคว้นยูดาห์ผู้หนึ่งกับภรรยาและบุตรชาย 2 คน ไปอาศัยอยู่ในชนบทของโมอับชั่วคราว

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Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24 - The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
Leviticus 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it.
Psalm 107:34 - He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.
Judges 12:8 - After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:38 - You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
Judges 19:1 - In those days Israel didn’t have a king. There was a Levite who lived deep in the hill country of Ephraim. He got a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 19:2 - But she wasn’t faithful to him. She left him. She went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.
1 Kings 17:1 - Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”
1 Kings 17:2 - Then a message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said,
1 Kings 17:3 - “Leave this place. Go east and hide in the Kerith Valley. It is east of the Jordan River.
1 Kings 17:4 - You will drink water from the brook. I have directed some ravens to supply you with food there.”
1 Kings 17:5 - So Elijah did what the Lord had told him to do. He went to the Kerith Valley. It was east of the Jordan River. He stayed there.
1 Kings 17:6 - The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning. They also brought him bread and meat in the evening. He drank water from the brook.
1 Kings 17:7 - Some time later the brook dried up. It hadn’t rained in the land for quite a while.
1 Kings 17:8 - A message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said,
1 Kings 17:9 - “Go right away to Zarephath in the region of Sidon. Stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
1 Kings 17:10 - So Elijah went to Zarephath. He came to the town gate. A widow was there gathering sticks. He called out to her. He asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar? I need a drink.”
1 Kings 17:11 - She went to get the water. Then he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread too.”
1 Kings 17:12 - “I don’t have any bread,” she replied. “And that’s just as sure as the Lord your God is alive. All I have is a small amount of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I’m gathering a few sticks to take home. I’ll make one last meal for myself and my son. We’ll eat it. After that, we’ll die.”
2 Samuel 21:1 - For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said, “It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”
Joel 1:10 - Our fields are wiped out. The ground is dried up. The grain is destroyed. The fresh wine is gone. And there isn’t any more olive oil.
Joel 1:11 - Farmers, be sad. Cry, you who grow vines. Mourn because the wheat and barley are gone. The crops in the fields are destroyed.
Jeremiah 14:1 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. He told Jeremiah there wouldn’t be any rain in the land. The Lord said,
Ezekiel 14:21 - 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.
Joel 1:16 - Our food has been taken away right in front of our eyes. There isn’t any joy or gladness in the house of our God.
Joel 1:17 - The seeds have dried up in the ground. The grain is also gone. The storerooms have been destroyed. The barns are broken down.
Joel 1:18 - Listen to the cattle groan! The herds wander around. They don’t have any grass to eat. The flocks of sheep are also suffering.
Joel 1:19 - Lord, I call out to you. Fire has burned up the desert grasslands. Flames have destroyed all the trees in the fields.
Joel 1:20 - Even the wild animals cry out to you for help. The streams of water have dried up. Fire has burned up the desert grasslands.
1 Kings 18:2 - So Elijah went to speak to Ahab. There wasn’t enough food in Samaria. The people there were very hungry.
Judges 2:16 - Then the Lord gave them leaders. The leaders saved them from the power of those robbers.
Judges 2:17 - But the people wouldn’t listen to their leaders. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. They served other gods and worshiped them. They didn’t obey the Lord’s commands as their people before them had done. They quickly turned away from the path their people had taken.
Judges 2:18 - When the Lord gave them a leader, he was with that leader. The Lord saved the people from the power of their enemies. He did it as long as the leader lived. The Lord felt very sorry for the people. They groaned because of what their enemies did to them. Their enemies treated them badly.
Amos 4:6 - “I made sure your stomachs were empty in every city. You did not have enough bread in any of your towns. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.
Ezekiel 14:13 - “Son of man, suppose the people in a certain country sin against me. And they are not faithful to me. So I reach out my powerful hand against them. I cut off their food supply. I make them very hungry. I kill them and their animals.
Psalm 105:16 - He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.
Genesis 43:1 - There still wasn’t enough food anywhere in the land.
Judges 17:8 - He left that town to look for some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house. It was in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 Kings 8:1 - 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.”
2 Kings 8:2 - The woman did just as the man of God told her to. She and her family went away. They stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
Genesis 12:10 - At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.
Genesis 26:1 - There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham’s time. Isaac went to Abimelek in Gerar. Abimelek was the king of the Philistines.

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New International Reader's Version - There was a time when Israel didn’t have kings to rule over them. But they had leaders to help them. This is a story about some things that happened during that time. There wasn’t enough food in the land of Judah. So a man went to live for a while in the country of Moab. He was from Bethlehem in Judah. His wife and two sons went with him.
新标点和合本 - 当士师秉政的时候，国中遭遇饥荒。在犹大的伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 士师统治的时候，国中有饥荒。在犹大的伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 士师统治的时候，国中有饥荒。在犹大的伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
当代译本 - 在士师执政的时代，犹大发生了饥荒。有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子从犹大的伯利恒迁到摩押境内寄居。
圣经新译本 - 在士师统治期间，国内发生了饥荒。有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子，从犹大的伯利恒前往摩押地去，寄居在那里。
中文标准译本 - 在士师们治理的日子里，犹大地有了饥荒。犹大的伯利恒有一个人，带着他的妻子和两个儿子，去摩押地寄居。
现代标点和合本 - 当士师秉政的时候，国中遭遇饥荒。在犹大伯利恒有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子，往摩押地去寄居。
和合本（拼音版） - 当士师秉政的时候，国中遭遇饥荒。在犹大伯利恒，有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居。
New International Version - In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab.
English Standard Version - In the days when the judges ruled there was a famine in the land, and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
New Living Translation - In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
The Message - Once upon a time—it was back in the days when judges led Israel—there was a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah left home to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The man’s name was Elimelech; his wife’s name was Naomi; his sons were named Mahlon and Kilion—all Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They all went to the country of Moab and settled there.
Christian Standard Bible - During the time of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.
New American Standard Bible - Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to reside in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
New King James Version - Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
Amplified Bible - In the days when the judges governed [Israel], there was a famine in the land [of Canaan]. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live temporarily in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
American Standard Version - And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
King James Version - Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
New English Translation - During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons.
World English Bible - In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
新標點和合本 - 當士師秉政的時候，國中遭遇饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆，有一個人帶着妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 士師統治的時候，國中有饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆，有一個人帶着妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 士師統治的時候，國中有饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆，有一個人帶着妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
當代譯本 - 在士師執政的時代，猶大發生了饑荒。有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子從猶大的伯利恆遷到摩押境內寄居。
聖經新譯本 - 在士師統治期間，國內發生了饑荒。有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子，從猶大的伯利恆前往摩押地去，寄居在那裡。
呂振中譯本 - 當士師執政的日子、猶大地鬧饑荒；有一個人從猶大、伯利恆往摩押鄉間去寄居；他和他妻子跟兩個兒子一同去。
中文標準譯本 - 在士師們治理的日子裡，猶大地有了饑荒。猶大的伯利恆有一個人，帶著他的妻子和兩個兒子，去摩押地寄居。
現代標點和合本 - 當士師秉政的時候，國中遭遇饑荒。在猶大伯利恆有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子，往摩押地去寄居。
文理和合譯本 - 當士師主治時、斯土薦饑、有猶大伯利恆人、與妻及二子、往旅於摩押地、
文理委辦譯本 - 當士師治以色列族時、歲饑、猶大之伯利恆人、攜妻及二子、往摩押地居焉。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當士師秉政時、國值歲饑、有猶大之伯利恆人、攜妻及二子、往摩押地寄居、
Nueva Versión Internacional - En el tiempo en que los caudillos gobernaban el país, hubo allí una época de hambre. Entonces un hombre de Belén de Judá emigró a la tierra de Moab, junto con su esposa y sus dos hijos.
현대인의 성경 - 사사들이 나라를 다스리던 시대에 그 땅에 흉년이 들었다. 그때 엘리멜렉이라는
Новый Русский Перевод - В дни, когда правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
Восточный перевод - В дни, когда в Исраиле правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В дни, когда в Исраиле правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В дни, когда в Исроиле правили судьи , в стране случился голод, и один человек из Вифлеема в Иудее вместе со своей женой и двумя сыновьями отправился жить в страну Моав .
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - A l’époque où les chefs gouvernaient Israël, une famine survint dans le pays . Un homme de Bethléhem en Juda partit séjourner avec sa femme et ses deux fils dans la campagne du pays de Moab .
リビングバイブル - 昔、士師といわれる人たち（イスラエルに王国が設立されるまでの軍事的・政治的指導者）が治めていたころのことです。イスラエルを大ききんが襲いました。そのため、ユダのベツレヘム出身のエリメレクは、家族とともにモアブの地に移り住みました。妻の名はナオミといい、二人の間にはマフロンとキルヨンという息子がいました。
Nova Versão Internacional - Na época dos juízes houve fome na terra. Um homem de Belém de Judá, com a mulher e os dois filhos, foi viver por algum tempo nas terras de Moabe.
Hoffnung für alle - Zu der Zeit, als das Volk Israel von Männern geführt wurde, die man Richter nannte, brach im Land eine Hungersnot aus. Darum verließ ein Mann namens Elimelech aus der Sippe Efrat die Stadt Bethlehem in Juda, wo er gewohnt hatte. Er ging mit seiner Frau Noomi und seinen beiden Söhnen Machlon und Kiljon ins Land Moab und ließ sich dort nieder.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trong thời các phán quan, Ít-ra-ên gặp một nạn đói. Có một người ở Bết-lê-hem, xứ Giu-đa đem vợ và hai con trai đến kiều ngụ tại Mô-áp.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - สมัยที่ผู้วินิจฉัยปกครองอยู่เกิดการกันดารอาหารขึ้นในแผ่นดินนั้น ชายคนหนึ่งจากเบธเลเฮมในเขตยูดาห์กับภรรยาและบุตรชายสองคนจึงไปอาศัยอยู่ในดินแดนโมอับระยะหนึ่ง
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในช่วงเวลาที่บรรดาผู้วินิจฉัยปกครองอยู่นั้น ได้เกิดความอดอยากในแผ่นดิน ชายชาวเมืองเบธเลเฮมในแคว้นยูดาห์ผู้หนึ่งกับภรรยาและบุตรชาย 2 คน ไปอาศัยอยู่ในชนบทของโมอับชั่วคราว

Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24 - The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
Leviticus 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it.
Psalm 107:34 - He turned land that produced crops into a salty land where nothing could grow. He did it because the people who lived there were evil.
Judges 12:8 - After Jephthah, Ibzan from Bethlehem led Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:38 - You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
Judges 19:1 - In those days Israel didn’t have a king. There was a Levite who lived deep in the hill country of Ephraim. He got a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
Judges 19:2 - But she wasn’t faithful to him. She left him. She went back to her parents’ home in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.
1 Kings 17:1 - Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”
1 Kings 17:2 - Then a message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said,
1 Kings 17:3 - “Leave this place. Go east and hide in the Kerith Valley. It is east of the Jordan River.
1 Kings 17:4 - You will drink water from the brook. I have directed some ravens to supply you with food there.”
1 Kings 17:5 - So Elijah did what the Lord had told him to do. He went to the Kerith Valley. It was east of the Jordan River. He stayed there.
1 Kings 17:6 - The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning. They also brought him bread and meat in the evening. He drank water from the brook.
1 Kings 17:7 - Some time later the brook dried up. It hadn’t rained in the land for quite a while.
1 Kings 17:8 - A message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said,
1 Kings 17:9 - “Go right away to Zarephath in the region of Sidon. Stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
1 Kings 17:10 - So Elijah went to Zarephath. He came to the town gate. A widow was there gathering sticks. He called out to her. He asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar? I need a drink.”
1 Kings 17:11 - She went to get the water. Then he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread too.”
1 Kings 17:12 - “I don’t have any bread,” she replied. “And that’s just as sure as the Lord your God is alive. All I have is a small amount of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I’m gathering a few sticks to take home. I’ll make one last meal for myself and my son. We’ll eat it. After that, we’ll die.”
2 Samuel 21:1 - For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said, “It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”
Joel 1:10 - Our fields are wiped out. The ground is dried up. The grain is destroyed. The fresh wine is gone. And there isn’t any more olive oil.
Joel 1:11 - Farmers, be sad. Cry, you who grow vines. Mourn because the wheat and barley are gone. The crops in the fields are destroyed.
Jeremiah 14:1 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. He told Jeremiah there wouldn’t be any rain in the land. The Lord said,
Ezekiel 14:21 - 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.
Joel 1:16 - Our food has been taken away right in front of our eyes. There isn’t any joy or gladness in the house of our God.
Joel 1:17 - The seeds have dried up in the ground. The grain is also gone. The storerooms have been destroyed. The barns are broken down.
Joel 1:18 - Listen to the cattle groan! The herds wander around. They don’t have any grass to eat. The flocks of sheep are also suffering.
Joel 1:19 - Lord, I call out to you. Fire has burned up the desert grasslands. Flames have destroyed all the trees in the fields.
Joel 1:20 - Even the wild animals cry out to you for help. The streams of water have dried up. Fire has burned up the desert grasslands.
1 Kings 18:2 - So Elijah went to speak to Ahab. There wasn’t enough food in Samaria. The people there were very hungry.
Judges 2:16 - Then the Lord gave them leaders. The leaders saved them from the power of those robbers.
Judges 2:17 - But the people wouldn’t listen to their leaders. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. They served other gods and worshiped them. They didn’t obey the Lord’s commands as their people before them had done. They quickly turned away from the path their people had taken.
Judges 2:18 - When the Lord gave them a leader, he was with that leader. The Lord saved the people from the power of their enemies. He did it as long as the leader lived. The Lord felt very sorry for the people. They groaned because of what their enemies did to them. Their enemies treated them badly.
Amos 4:6 - “I made sure your stomachs were empty in every city. You did not have enough bread in any of your towns. In spite of that, you still have not returned to me,” announces the Lord.
Ezekiel 14:13 - “Son of man, suppose the people in a certain country sin against me. And they are not faithful to me. So I reach out my powerful hand against them. I cut off their food supply. I make them very hungry. I kill them and their animals.
Psalm 105:16 - He made the people in the land go hungry. He destroyed all their food supplies.
Genesis 43:1 - There still wasn’t enough food anywhere in the land.
Judges 17:8 - He left that town to look for some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house. It was in the hill country of Ephraim.
2 Kings 8:1 - 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.”
2 Kings 8:2 - The woman did just as the man of God told her to. She and her family went away. They stayed in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
Genesis 12:10 - At that time there was not enough food in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while.
Genesis 26:1 - There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham’s time. Isaac went to Abimelek in Gerar. Abimelek was the king of the Philistines.