Isaiah 8:21

They will pass through the land greatly distressed and hungry. When they are hungry, they will become angry 1 and curse their king and their God, as they turn their faces upward. 1

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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

20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say such things, it is because they have no light of dawn. 1

22They will look at the earth 1 and see distress, darkness, and oppressive gloom. They will be driven into a land of darkness.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:28You must not blaspheme me, God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Deuteronomy 28:33The harvest of your land and of all your labors—a nation that you do not know will eat it up; you will always be oppressed and crushed,

2 Kings 6:33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. The king had said, “Behold, this trouble comes from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”

Job 1:11But now stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and see if he does not curse you to your face.”

Job 2:9Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die.”

Isaiah 8:7therefore the Lord is about to bring up on them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. 1 It will come up over all its channels and overflow its banks. 1

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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