3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.

3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

3 By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the hunger was terrible in the city. There was no food for the people to eat.

3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

3 On the ninth of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

3 On the ninth day of the fourthmonth, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food. 

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

3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

3 In the ninth month, the famine became severe in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.

3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

3 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.