Isaiah 8:21

New Century Version

People will wander through the land troubled and hungry. When they become hungry, they will become angry and will look up and curse their king and their God.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the hunger was terrible in the city. There was no food for the people to eat.

2 Kings 6:33

Elisha was still talking with the leaders when the messenger arrived. The king said, “This trouble has come from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

Job 1:11

But reach out your hand and destroy everything he has, and he will curse you to your face.”

Job 18:12

Hunger takes away their strength, and disaster is at their side.

Job 2:5

But reach out your hand and destroy his flesh and bones, and he will curse you to your face.”

Job 2:9

Job’s wife said to him, “Why are you trying to stay innocent? Curse God and die!”

Exodus 22:28

“You must not speak against God or curse a leader of your people.

Proverbs 19:3

People’s own foolishness ruins their lives, but in their minds they blame the Lord.

Isaiah 14:30

Even the poorest of my people will be able to eat safely, and people in need will be able to lie down in safety. But I will kill your family with hunger, and all your people who are left will die.

Isaiah 51:19

Troubles came to you two by two, but no one will feel sorry for you. There was ruin and disaster, great hunger and fighting. No one can comfort you.

Isaiah 59:9

Fairness has gone far away; goodness is nowhere to be found. We wait for the light, but there is only darkness now. We hope for a bright light, but all we have is darkness.

Isaiah 65:13

So this is what the Lord God says: “My servants will eat, but you evil people will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you evil people will be thirsty. My servants will be happy, but you evil people will be shamed.

Isaiah 9:20

People will grab something on the right, but they will still be hungry. They will eat something on the left, but they will not be filled. Then they will each turn and eat their own children.

Isaiah 9:21

The people of Manasseh will fight against the people of Ephraim, and Ephraim will fight against Manasseh. Then both of them will turn against Judah. But the Lord is still angry; his hand is still raised to strike down the people.

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go into the country, I see people killed by swords. If I go into the city, I see much sickness, because the people have no food. Both the priests and the prophets have been taken to a foreign land.’ ”

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the hunger was terrible in the city; there was no food for the people to eat.

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman began cursing and speaking against the Lord, so the people took him to Moses. (The mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the family of Dan.)

1 Samuel 8:18

When that time comes, you will cry out because of the king you chose. But the Lord will not answer you then.”