Job 5:20 - Exposition

In famine he shall redeem thee from death . Famine appears throughout the whole of Scripture as one of God's severest chastisements (see Le 26:19, 20; Deuteronomy 28:22-24 ; 2 Samuel 21:1 ; 2 Samuel 24:13 ; 2 Kings 8:1 ; Psalms 105:16 ; Isaiah 14:30 ; Jeremiah 24:10 ; Revelation 18:8 ). Ezekiel speaks of "the sword, the famine ' the noisome beast, and the pestilence," as God's "four sore judgments" ( Ezekiel 14:21 ). Miraculous deliverances from famine are related in Genesis 41:29-36 ; 1 Kings 17:10-16 ; 2 Kings 7:1-16 . And in war from the power of the sword . In war God protects whom he will, and they seem to have charmed lives. They are covered with his feathers, and safe under his wings ( Psalms 91:4 ).