Jeremiah 52:6

And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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Interpretation

This fruit of sin we should pray against above any thing; Cast me not away from your presence, Ps. 51:11 .

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 52:4-7.

City People: The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain ( Gen. 4:17 ). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12).