New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Famine

• Sent by God Ps. 105:16
• Often on account of sin Lev. 26:21, 26; Lam. 4:4-6
• One of God's four sore judgments Ezek. 14:21
• Caused by
  • God's blessing withheld Hos. 2:8, 9; Hag. 1:6
  • Want of seasonable rain 1 Ki. 17:1; Jer. 14:1-4; Amos 4:7
  • Rotting of the seed in the ground Joel 1:17
  • Swarms of insects Dt. 28:38, 42; Joel 1:4
  • Blasting and mildew Amos 4:9; Hag. 2:17
  • Devastation by enemies Dt. 28:33, 51
• Often long continued Gen. 41:27; 2 Ki. 8:1, 2
• Often severe Gen. 12:10; 1 Ki. 18:2; Jer. 52:6
• Expressed by
  • Taking away the stay of bread, &c Isa. 3:1
  • Cleanness of teeth Amos 4:6
  • The arrows of famine Ezek. 5:16
• Often accompanied by war Jer. 14:15, 29:18
• Often followed by pestilence Jer. 42:17; Ezek. 7:15; Mt. 24:7
• Things eaten during
  • Wild herbs 2 Ki. 4:39, 40
  • Ass's flesh 2 Ki. 6:25
  • Dung 2 Ki. 6:25; Lam. 4:5
  • Human flesh Lev. 26:29; 2 Ki. 6:28, 29
• Provisions sold by weight during Ezek. 4:16
• Suffering of brute creation from Jer. 14:5, 6
• Caused
  • Burning and fever Dt. 32:24
  • Blackness of the skin Lam. 4:8, 5:10
  • Grief and mourning Joel 1:11-13
  • Faintness Gen. 47:13
  • Wasting of the body Lam. 4:8; Ezek. 4:17
  • Death 2 Ki. 7:4; Jer. 11:22
• God provided for his people during 1 Ki. 17:4, 9; Job 5:20; Ps. 33:19, 37:19
• Instances of, in scripture
  • In the days of Abraham Gen. 12:10
  • In the days of Isaac Gen. 26:1
  • In the days of Joseph Gen. 41:53-56
  • In the day of the Judges Ruth 1:1
  • In the reign of David 2 Sam. 21:1
  • In the reign of Ahab 1 Ki. 17:1, 18:5
  • In the time of Elisha 2 Ki. 4:38
  • During the siege of Samaria 2 Ki. 6:25
  • Of seven years foretold by Elisha 2 Ki. 8:1
  • In the time of Jeremiah Jer. 14:1
  • During the siege of Jerusalem 2 Ki. 25:3
  • After the captivity Neh. 5:3
  • In the reign of Claudius Caesar Acts 11:28
  • Before destruction of Jerusalem Mt. 24:7
• The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by Ezek. 36:29, 30
• Illustrative of
  • A dearth of the means of grace Amos 8:11, 12
  • Destruction of idols Zeph. 2:11