3By the ninth day of the fourth25:3 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Jer. 52:6); Masoretic Text does not have fourth. month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
3By the ninth day of the fourth month,25:3 Probable reading (see Jeremiah 52:6); MT does not include fourth. the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.