Luke 15:14
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And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want.

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2 Chronicles 33:11 Therefore he brought upon them the captains of he army of the king of the Assyrians: and they took Manasses, and carried him bound with chains and fetters to Babylon.

Ezekiel 16:27 Behold, I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and will take away thy justification: and I will deliver thee up to the will of the daughters of the Philistines that hate thee, that are ashamed of thy wicked way.

Hosea 2:9-14 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its season, and I will set at liberty my wool, and my flax, which covered her disgrace. . . .

Amos 8:9-12 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein: and rise up altogether as a river, and be cast out, and run down as the river of Egypt? . . .

Context
The Parable of the Prodigal Son
13And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously. 14And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country: and he began to be in want. 15And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.…
Cross References
Proverbs 13:25
The just eateth and filleth his soul: but the belly of the wicked is never to be filled.

Luke 15:13
And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.

Luke 15:15
And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.

Lexicon
After
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

he
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

had spent
Δαπανήσαντος (Dapanēsantos)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1159: To spend, bear expense, waste, squander. From dapane; to expend, i.e. to incur cost, or to waste.

all [he had],
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

a severe
ἰσχυρὰ (ischyra)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2478: Strong (originally and generally of physical strength); mighty, powerful, vehement, sure. From ischus; forcible.

famine
λιμὸς (limos)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3042: A famine, hunger. Probably from leipo; a scarcity of food.

swept
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

through
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

that
ἐκείνην (ekeinēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

country,
χώραν (chōran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5561: Feminine of a derivative of the base of chasma through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. A space of territory.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

began
ἤρξατο (ērxato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 756: To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.

to be in need.
ὑστερεῖσθαι (hystereisthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's Greek 5302: From husteros; to be later, i.e. to be inferior; generally, to fall short.


Additional Translations
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

But of him having spent all, there arose a severe famine throughout that country, and he began to be in need.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

And when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.

When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
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