Isaiah 8:21

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

Isaiah 9:20

They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!

Exodus 22:28

"You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Deuteronomy 28:33-34

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

Deuteronomy 28:53-57

You will then eat your own offspring, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege by which your enemies will constrict you.

2 Kings 6:33

He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?"

2 Kings 25:3

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Job 1:11

But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

Job 2:5

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!"

Job 2:9

Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!"

Proverbs 19:3

A person's folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:7-8

So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River -- the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.'"

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Lamentations 4:4-5

(Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.

Lamentations 4:9-10

(Tet) Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food.

Revelation 9:20-21

The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood -- idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.

Revelation 16:9-11

Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.

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Summary

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.

Through

They shall fret

Bible References

Through

Isaiah 8:7
So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River -- the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.

Hardly bestead

Isaiah 9:20
They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!
Deuteronomy 28:33
As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.
2 Kings 25:3
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.'"
Jeremiah 52:6
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.
Lamentations 4:4
(Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.

They shall fret

Proverbs 19:3
A person's folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.

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