Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
Hardly bestead
They shall fret
Bible References
Through
Isaiah 8:7
That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks.
Hardly bestead
Isaiah 9:20
They slice off what is on the right hand, but they will still be hungry. In the end they will even eat the flesh of their own arms (offspring) (turn upon themselves).
Deuteronomy 28:33
A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow. You will receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment.
2 Kings 25:3
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone. There was no food for the people of the land.
Jeremiah 14:18
If I go to the field, I see those killed because of war. If I go to the city, I see those sick because of famine. Prophets and priests wander through a land they have not heard of.'
Jeremiah 52:6
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.
Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink. The young children cry out for bread, and no man gives it to them.
They shall fret
Proverbs 19:3
Man ruins his life by his own foolishness. His heart chafes with anger against Jehovah.