2Ki 25:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed-- In consequence of the close and protracted blockade, the inhabitants were reduced to dreadful extremities; and under the maddening influence of hunger, the most inhuman atrocities were perpetrated ( , 22; , ; ). This was a fulfilment of the prophetic denunciations threatened on the apostasy of the chosen people ( ; ; ; ; ). . Zedekiah Taken.

‏ 2 Kings 25:3

3. on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed--In consequence of the close and protracted blockade, the inhabitants were reduced to dreadful extremities; and under the maddening influence of hunger, the most inhuman atrocities were perpetrated (La 2:20, 22; 4:9, 10; Eze 5:10). This was a fulfilment of the prophetic denunciations threatened on the apostasy of the chosen people (Le 26:29; De 28:53-57; Jr 15:2; 27:13; Eze 4:16).

2Ki 25:4-30. Zedekiah Taken.