KJV King James Version
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
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Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
WEB World English Bible
They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,
ASV American Standard Version
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
—And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked upwards.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 8
18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me [are] for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְעָ֥בַרH5674 · a.varto passבָּ֖הּH9034 · haherנִקְשֶׁ֣הH7185 · qa.shahto hardenוְרָעֵ֑בH7457 · ra.evhungryוְהָיָ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto beכִֽי־H3588 · kiforיִרְעַ֜בH7456 · ra.evbe hungryוְהִתְקַצַּ֗ףH7107 · qa.tsaphbe angryוְקִלֵּ֧לH7043 · qa.lalto lightenבְּמַלְכּ֛וֹH4428 · me.lekhkingוּבֵאלֹהָ֖יוH430 · e.lo.himGodוּפָנָ֥הH6437 · pa.nahto turnלְמָֽעְלָה׃H4605 · ma.alabove
Cross-references
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:Job 2:5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.Deuteronomy 28:33-34The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:Jeremiah 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.Lamentations 4:4-5The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them.Jeremiah 52:6And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.Deuteronomy 28:53-57And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:Job 1:11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.2 Kings 25:3And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.Lamentations 4:9-10[They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.Isaiah 8:7-8Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:Revelation 9:20-21And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.Revelation 16:9-11And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.2 Kings 6:33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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