The fourth month; which word is easily understood, by comparing this and the first verse, and Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 52:6, where it is expressed. For the people of the land, i.e. for the common sort of people, who flocked thither from all parts, upon the approach of the Babylonian army; but only for the great men and soldiers. See of the grievousness of this famine, Lamentations 4:10 Ezekiel 5:10,12.
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2 Kings 25:3
3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.