2Ki 6:25, 8:1, Jer 14:1-18 | ESV | STEP | And there was a great famine in Samaria , as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver , and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver .

af[See ver. 14 above]

ag[See ver. 12 above]

ah[ch. 23:34]

ai Ps. 79:3

ajSee ch. 13:17

akSee ch. 8:21

2 Kings 6:25

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a kab was about 1 quart or 1 liter} of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.

2 Kings 8:1

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

1 Now Elisha had said to the woman ^bwhose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord ^chas called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for ^dseven years.”

Jeremiah 14:1-18

Famine, Sword, and Pestilence

1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning ^ethe drought:

2 ^f“Judah mourns,
and ^gher gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
and ^hthe cry of Jerusalem goes up.
3 Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty;
they are ⁱashamed and confounded
and ^jcover their heads.
4 Because of the ground that is dismayed,
since there is ^kno rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.
5 Even ^lthe doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
6 ^mThe wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no vegetation.
7 “Though our iniquities testify against us,
act, O Lord, ⁿfor your name’s sake;
^ofor our backslidings are many;
^pwe have sinned against you.
8 ^qO you hope of Israel,
its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
9 Why should you be like a man confused,
^rlike a mighty warrior who cannot save?
Yet ^syou, O Lord, are in the midst of us,
and ^twe are called by your name;
^udo not leave us.”
10 Thus says the Lord concerning this people:
“They have loved to wander thus;
they have not restrained their feet;
^vtherefore the Lord does not accept them;
^wnow he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins.”
11 The Lord said to me: ^x“Do not pray for the welfare of this people. 12 Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, ^yand though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them ^zby the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Lying Prophets

13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets ^aasay to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” 14 And the Lord said to me: “The ^abprophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^acI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^adworthless divination, and ^aethe deceit of their own minds. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although ^afI did not send them, and who say, ^ag‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: ^ahBy sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, ^aiwith none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

17 “You shall say to them this word:
^aj‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for the virgin ^akdaughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
^alwith a very grievous blow.
18 ^amIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
^anAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
^aoFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”