Matthew 24:7

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, etc.] This seems to be a distinct and third sign, foreboding the general calamity of the Jews; that there should be not only seditions and intestine wars, in the midst of their country, but there should be wars in other nations, one with another; and with the Jews, and the Jews with them: and this also is made a sign of the Messiah’s coming by them, for so they say f1364; “when thou seest, wlab wla twrgtm twyklm, “kingdoms stirred up one against another”, look for the feet of the Messiah: know thou that so it shall be; for so it was in the days of Abraham: by the means of kingdoms stirred up one against another, redemption…”

“Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom - At Caesarea the Jews and Syrians contended about the right to the city, and twenty thousand of the Jews were slain. At this blow the whole nation of the Jews was exasperated, and carried war and desolation through the Syrian cities and villages. Sedition and civil war spread throughout Judea; Italy was also thrown into civil war by the contests between Otho and Vitellius for the crown. And there shall be famines - There was a famine foretold by Agabus Acts 11:28, which is mentioned by Tacitus, Suetonius, and Eusebius, and which was so severe in Jerusalem, Josephus says, that many people perished for want of food, Antiq. xx. 2.…”

“nation shall: Ch2 15:6; Isa 9:19-21, Isa 19:2; Eze 21:27; Hag 2:21, Hag 2:22; Zac 14:2, Zac 14:3, Zac 14:13; Heb 12:27 famines: Isa 24:19-23; Eze 14:21; Joe 2:30, Joe 2:31; Zac 14:4; Luk 21:11, Luk 21:25, Luk 21:26; Act 2:19, Act 11:28 Matthew 24:8”