Ruth 1:1 Cross References - Darby

¹ And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

¹⁰ And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.

¹ And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

¹ And the famine was grievous in the land.

¹⁹ and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze,

²³ And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron. ²⁴ Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed.

³⁸ Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.

¹⁶ And Jehovah raised up judges, and they saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. ¹⁷ But they did not even hearken to their judges, for they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them; they turned quickly out of the way that their fathers had walked in, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; they did not so. ¹⁸ And when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it repented Jehovah because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and crushed them.

⁸ And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.

⁸ And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

¹ And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite, sojourning on the further side of mount Ephraim, took him a concubine out of Bethlehem-Judah. ² And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father`s house to Bethlehem-Judah, and was there some time, -- four months.

¹ And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for [his] house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word. ² And the word of Jehovah came to him saying, ³ Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan. ⁴ And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. ⁵ And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan. ⁶ And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent. ⁷ And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land. ⁸ And the word of Jehovah came to him saying, ⁹ Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee. ¹⁰ And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. ¹¹ And she went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. ¹² And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

² And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

¹ And Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, Rise up and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for Jehovah has called for a famine, and it shall also come upon the land for seven years. ² And the woman rose up, and did according to the saying of the man of God, and went, she and her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

¹⁶ And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

³⁴ A fruitful land into a plain of salt, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

¹ The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

¹³ Son of man, when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness, and I stretch out my hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off man and beast from it;

²¹ For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!

¹⁰ The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. ¹¹ Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.

¹⁶ Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? ¹⁷ The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. ¹⁸ How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering. ¹⁹ To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field. ²⁰ The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

⁶ And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet ye have not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.