Isaiah 8:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven

Cross References

2 Kings 6:33

Before Elisha finished talking, the messenger came up and said, “The LORD has made all these terrible things happen to us. Why should I think he will help us now?”

Job 1:11

Try taking away everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face.”

Job 18:12

Starving, they run, only to meet disaster,

Job 2:5

Try striking Job's own body with pain, and he will curse you to your face.”

Job 2:9

his wife asked, “Why do you still trust God? Why don't you curse him and die?”

Exodus 22:28

Don't speak evil of me or of the ruler of your people.

Proverbs 19:3

We are ruined by our own stupidity, though we blame the LORD.

Isaiah 14:30

The poor and needy will find pastures for their sheep and will live in safety. But I will starve some of you, and others will be killed.

Isaiah 51:19

You have been destroyed by war and by famine; I cannot comfort you.

Isaiah 59:9

No one has come to defend us or to bring about justice. We hoped for a day of sunshine, but all we found was a dark, gloomy night.

Isaiah 65:13

I, the LORD God, will give food and drink to my servants, and they will celebrate. But all of you sinners will go hungry and thirsty, overcome with disgrace.

Isaiah 9:20

like wild animals attacking and eating everyone around them, even their own relatives. But still they were not satisfied.

Isaiah 9:21

The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh turned against each other, then joined forces to attack Judah. But the LORD was still angry and ready to punish the nation even more.

Jeremiah 14:18

In the fields I see the bodies of those killed in battle. And in the towns I see crowds dying of hunger. But the prophets and priests go about their business, without understanding what has happened.”

1 Samuel 8:18

and you will finally cry out for the LORD to save you from the king you wanted. But the LORD won't answer your prayers.