Isaiah 8:21

And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when you⌃ shall be hungry, you⌃ shall be grieved, and you⌃ shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

LXX2012 (British)

In The 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.

In Context

20For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no + 8:20 See Heb. gifts to give for it.

22and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and + 8:22 Or, a strait. anguish, and darkness so that one can’t see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:28+ 22:28 Acts 23:5 You shall not revile the gods, nor speak ill of the ruler of your people.

Deuteronomy 28:33A nation which you know not shall eat the produce of your land, and all your labours; and you shall be injured and crushed always.

2 Kings 6:33While he was yet speaking with them, behold, a messenger came to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?

Job 1:11But put forth your hand, and touch all that he has: verily he will bless you to your face.

Job 2:9And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long will you hold out, saying, Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? for, behold, your memorial is abolished from the earth, even your sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; and you yourself sit down to spend the nights in the open air amongst the corruption of worms, and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labours and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die.

Isaiah 8:7therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:17-22

The Importance of the Scriptures. ( b. c. 740.) 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the Lord , that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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