Luke Chapter 15, Verse 14
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14: δαπανησαντος δε αυτου παντα εγενετο λιμος ισχυρος κατα την χωραν εκεινην και αυτος ηρξατο υστερεισθαι
14: And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that
land; and he began to be in want.
14: And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that
country: and he began to be in want.
A mighty famine. Famines were common in Eastern nations. They were
caused by the failure of the crops -- by a want of timely rains, a genial
sun, or sometimes by the prevalence of the plague or of the pestilence,
which swept off numbers of the inhabitants. In this case it is very
naturally connected with the luxury, the indolence, and the dissipation
of the people in that land.
