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.

And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land.

In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

Then, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, a famine gripped the city. And there was no nourishment for the people of the land.

Mense quarto, nona mensis, invaluit fames in urbe, (adeo) ut non esset panis populo terrae.

And in the fourth month - See the notes on Jeremiah 39:1, etc. The fourth month answers nearly to our July.

And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month,.... The month Tammuz (o), which answers to part of June and part of July; hence the fast of the fourth month, for the taking of the city, Zac 8:19;
the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land; for the common people; though there might be some in the king's palace, and in the houses of princes and noblemen, and officers of the army; yet none for the soldiers, and the meaner sort of people; who therefore were disheartened and enfeebled, that they could not defend the city, or hold out any longer: the famine had been before this time, but was now increased to a prodigious degree, so that the people had no bread to eat; see Jeremiah 38:9.
(o) T. Bab. Roshhashana, fol. 18. 2. & Taanith, fol. 28. 2.