Genesis 47:13 Cross References

Genesis 47:13

13: Meanwhile, the famine became worse and worse, and the crops continued to fail throughout Egypt and Canaan.

"But a famine came upon Egypt and Canaan. There was great misery for our ancestors, as they ran out of food.

The fields are ruined and empty of crops. The grain, the wine, and the olive oil are gone.
Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley--yes, all the field crops--are ruined.
The grapevines and the fig trees have all withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees--yes, all the fruit trees--have dried up. All joy has dried up with them.

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer. Plead for your children as they faint with hunger in the streets.
"O LORD, think about this!" Jerusalem cries. "You are doing this to your own people! Should mothers eat their little children, those they once bounced on their knees? Should priests and prophets die within the Lord's Temple?

Those killed by the sword are far better off than those who die of hunger, wasting away for want of food.

Ahab said to Obadiah, "We must check every spring and valley to see if we can find enough grass to save at least some of my horses and mules."

This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD, explaining why he was holding back the rain:
"Judah wilts; her businesses have ground to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are afraid; they, too, cover their heads.
The deer abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten and wiped out. Famine will destroy the land.
This famine will be so terrible that even the memory of the good years will be erased.

Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it to others? Why has the land been ruined so completely that no one even dares to travel through it?

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