³ Ghimel. Juda hath removed her dwelling place because of her affliction, and the greatness of her bondage: she hath dwelt among the nations, and she hath found no rest: all her persecutors have taken her in the midst of straits.

⁶ And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land.