2 Kings 25:3 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 3 On the ninth+ day of the [fourth] month* the famine+ was severe in the city, and there proved to be no bread+ for the people of the land. Lamentations 4:9 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References 9 Better have those slain with the sword+ proved to be than those slain by famine,+Because these pine away,* pierced through for lack of the produce of the open field.
3 On the ninth+ day of the [fourth] month* the famine+ was severe in the city, and there proved to be no bread+ for the people of the land.
9 Better have those slain with the sword+ proved to be than those slain by famine,+Because these pine away,* pierced through for lack of the produce of the open field.