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Jeremiah 38:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 9 “O my lord the king, these men have done bad in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have thrown into the cistern, so that he will die+ where he is because of the famine.+ For there is no bread anymore in the city.”

Jeremiah 52:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 6 In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month,+ the famine also got to be severe in the city and there proved to be no bread for the people of the land.*+

Lamentations 2:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 12 To their mothers they kept saying: “Where are grain and wine?”+
  Because of their fainting away like someone slain in the public squares of the city,
  Because of their soul being poured out into the bosom of their mothers.

Lamentations 4:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 The tongue of the suckling has cleaved to its palate because of thirst.+
  Children themselves have asked for bread.+ There is no one dealing [it] out to them.+