Deut. 28:48). God can and does preserve a person in time of famine (Job 5:20; Ps. 33:19). Famine or hunger can be the punishment or discipline of God on His people (Isa. 5:13). It is one of the three judgments of God often mentioned together (Jer. 32:24), sword, famine, and pestilence. Amos mentions a famine of the Word of God, not food, that the Lord will send (Amos 8:11). 7459. רְעָבוֹן reʿāḇôn: A masculine noun meaning famine, starving. It is an abstract noun referring to a famine and its
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