“And the famine was sore in the land” (Gen. 43:1).

“And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore” (Gen. 47:13).

“The famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land” (2 Kings 25:3).

“The famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land” (Jer. 52:6).

“Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine” (Lam. 5:10).