Sieges: Cities Invested by Often Suffered from Famine

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!” …

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.