Sent by God Psalm 10:16

Often on Account of Sin Leviticus 26:21, 26, Lamentations 4:4-6

One of God's Four Sore Judgments Ezekiel 14:21

Caused By

God's blessing withheld Hosea 2:8, 9, Haggai 1:6

Want of seasonable rain 1 Kings 17:1, Jeremiah 14:1-4, Amos 4:7

Rotting of the seed in the ground Joel 1:17

Swarms of insects Deuteronomy 28:38, 42, Joel 1:4

Blasting and mildew Amos 4:9, Haggai 2:17

Devastation by enemies Deuteronomy 28:33, 51

Often Long Continued Genesis 41:27, 2 Kings 8:1, 2

Often Severe Genesis 12:10, 1 Kings 18:2, Jeremiah 52:6

Expressed By

Taking away the stay of bread, &c Isaiah 3:1

Cleanness of Teeth Amos 4:6

The arrows of famine Ezekiel 5:16

Often Accompanied by War Jeremiah 14:15, 29:18

Often Followed by Pestilence Jeremiah 42:17, Ezekiel 7:15, Matthew 24:7

Things Eaten During

Wild herbs 2 Kings 4:39, 40

Ass's flesh 2 Kings 6:25

Dung 2 Kings 6:25, Lamentations 4:5

Human flesh Leviticus 26:29, 2 Kings 6:28, 29

Provisions Sold by Weight During Ezekiel 4:16

Suffering of Brute Creation From Jeremiah 14:5, 6

Caused

Burning and fever Deuteronomy 32:24

Blackness of the skin Lamentations 4:8, 5:10

Grief and mourning Joel 1:11-13

Faintness Genesis 47:13

Wasting of the body Lamentations 4:8, Ezekiel 4:17

Death 2 Kings 7:4, Jeremiah 11:22

God Provided for His People During 1 Kings 17:4, 9, Job 5:20, Psalm 33:19, 37:19

Instances Of, in Scripture

In the days of Abraham Genesis 12:10

In the days of Isaac Genesis 26:1

In the days of Joseph Genesis 41:53-56

In the day of the Judges Ruth 1:1

In the reign of David 2 Samuel 21:1

In the reign of Ahab 1 Kings 17:1, 18:5

In the time of Elisha 2 Kings 4:38

During the siege of Samaria 2 Kings 6:25

Of seven years foretold by Elisha 2 Kings 8:1

In the time of Jeremiah Jeremiah 14:1

During the siege of Jerusalem 2 Kings 25:3

After the captivity Nehemiah 5:3

In the reign of Claudius Caesar Acts 11:28

Before destruction of Jerusalem Matthew 24:7

The Jews in their restored state not to be afflicted by Ezekiel 36:29, 30

Illustrative Of

A dearth of the means of grace Amos 8:11, 12

Destruction of idols Zephaniah 2:11