Isaiah 8:21

New International Reader's Version

They will suffer and be hungry. They’ll wander through the land. When they are very hungry, they will become angry. They’ll look up toward heaven. They’ll ask for bad things to happen to their king and their God.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:3

By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

2 Kings 6:33

Elisha was still talking to the elders when the messenger came down to him. The king also arrived. He said, “The Lord has sent this horrible trouble on us. Why should I wait any longer for him to help us?”

Job 1:11

But now reach out your hand and strike down everything he has. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”

Job 18:12

Trouble would like to eat them up. Danger waits for them when they fall.

Job 2:5

But now reach out your hand and strike his flesh and bones. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”

Job 2:9

His wife said to him, “Are you still continuing to be faithful to the Lord? Speak evil things against him and die!”

Exodus 22:28

“Do not speak evil things against God. Do not curse the ruler of your people.

Proverbs 19:3

A person’s own foolish acts destroy their life. But their heart is angry with the Lord.

Isaiah 14:30

Even the poorest people in Israel will have plenty to eat. Those who are in need will lie down in safety. But I will destroy your families. They will die of hunger. I will kill any of them who are still left alive.

Isaiah 51:19

Nothing but trouble has come to you. You have been wiped out and destroyed. And you have suffered hunger and war. No one feels sorry for you. No one can comfort you.

Isaiah 59:9

We aren’t being treated fairly. We haven’t been set free yet. The God who always does what is right hasn’t come to help us. We look for light, but we see nothing but darkness. We look for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

Isaiah 65:13

So the Lord and King says, “Those who serve me will have food to eat. But you will be hungry. My servants will have plenty to drink. But you will be thirsty. Those who serve me will be full of joy. But you will be put to shame.

Isaiah 9:20

People will eat up everything they can find on their right. But they’ll still be hungry. They will eat everything they can find on their left. But they won’t be satisfied. So they will eat the dead bodies of their children.

Isaiah 9:21

That’s what Manasseh’s people will do to Ephraim. And that’s what Ephraim’s people will do to Manasseh. Together they will turn against Judah. Even then, the Lord is still angry. His hand is still raised against them.

Jeremiah 14:18

Suppose I go into the country. Then I see people who have been killed by swords. Or suppose I go into the city. Then I see people who have died of hunger. Prophet and priest alike have gone to a land they hadn’t known about before.’ ”

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.

Leviticus 24:11

The son of the Israelite woman spoke evil things against the Lord by using a curse. So the people brought him to Moses. The name of the man’s mother was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Dibri. Dibri was from the tribe of Dan.

1 Samuel 8:18

When that time comes, you will cry out for help because of the king you have chosen. But the Lord won’t answer you at that time.”