'Vex' in the Bible

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, and they will attack you in the land in which you live.

Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had left her childless.

“How long will you torment and exasperate meAnd crush me with words?

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,And those who harass Judah will be cut off;Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

I will also put fear into the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction [and captivity] among the nations, into countries which you have not known.

“Will your creditors not rise up suddenly,And those who collect from you awaken?Then you will become plunder for them.