Psalms 105:16
And he called a famine upon the land: and he broke in pieces all the support of bread.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
In Context
15Touch ye not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
17He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave.
Cross References
Genesis 41:54Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
Genesis 47:13For in the whole world there was want of bread, and a famine had op- pressed the land: more especially of Egypt and Chanaan.
Leviticus 26:26After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled.
Psalms 104:15and that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.
Amos 7:1These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king's mowing.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:9-25
The Divine Promise to the Patriarchs; Providences Concerning the Patriarchs. 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one… Read the whole commentary →