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Psalm 105

Psa. 105:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Moreoveru he called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
for a famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
upon the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: he brake
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
the whole staff
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
v of bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
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Gen. 41:54• 54and the seven years of the famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (Gen. 41:54)
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Isa. 3:1• 1For behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; (Isa. 3:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 41:25‑32,54• 25And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh [is] one. What God is about to do he hath declared to Pharaoh.
 26The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven good ears [are] seven years: the dream [is] one.
 27And the seven lean and bad kine that came up after them [are] seven years; and the seven empty ears parched with the east wind will be seven years of famine.
 28This [is] the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh: what God is about to do he letteth Pharaoh see.
 29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
 30And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.
 31And the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine that followeth; for it [will be] very grievous.
 32And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice, [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will hasten to do it.
 54and the seven years of the famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (Gen. 41:25‑32,54)
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Gen. 42:5‑6• 5So the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
 6And Joseph, he [was] the governor over the land; he [it was] that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth. (Gen. 42:5‑6)
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2 Kings 8:1• 1{i}And Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying{/i}, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; {i}for Jehovah has called for a famine, and{/i} it shall come upon the land, for seven years. (2 Kings 8:1)
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Amos 3:6• 6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah hath not done it? (Amos 3:6)
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Amos 7:1‑4• 1{i}Thus did the Lord Jehovah show unto me; and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.{/i}
 2{i}And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.{/i}
 3{i}Jehovah repented for this: It shall not be, said Jehovah.{/i}
 4{i}Thus did the Lord Jehovah show unto me; and behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and ate up the inheritance.{/i} (Amos 7:1‑4)
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Hag. 1:10‑11• 10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
 11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. (Hag. 1:10‑11)
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Hag. 2:17• 17I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith Jehovah. (Hag. 2:17)
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Matt. 8:8‑9• 8{i}And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak a word, and my servant shall be healed.{/i}
 9{i}For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.{/i} (Matt. 8:8‑9)
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Rev. 6:8• 8And I saw, and, behold, a pale horse, and his name that sat on him {i}was{/i} death, and hades followed with him; and there was given him authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword and with hunger and with death and by the beasts of the earth. (Rev. 6:8)
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Psa. 104:15• 15And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart. (Psa. 104:15)
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Gen. 47:13,19• 13{i}And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very grievous; and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted through the famine.{/i}
 19{i}Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.{/i} (Gen. 47:13,19)
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Lev. 26:26• 26When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. (Lev. 26:26)
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Isa. 3:1• 1For behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; (Isa. 3:1)
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Ezek. 4:16• 16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment; (Ezek. 4:16)
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Acts 7:11• 11Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance. (Acts 7:11)
• (vv. 16-22) The psalmist recalls different periods in the history of the nation in order to show God’s care for them in the midst of trial. (“Psalm 105” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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And he called a famine on the land;{HR}Every staff of bread he broke.