Isaiah 8:21

Those who reject God's word will wander in distress and hunger, even cursing rather than repenting.

Cross-references · 17

• Isa 9:20They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
• Prov 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
• Job 2:9Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• Exod 22:28You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
• Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• Lam 4:9–10Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
• Rev 9:20–21Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
• Deut 28:53–57Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
• Jer 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
• Lam 4:4–5The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
• Rev 16:9–11And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
• Deut 28:33–34A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
• 2 Kgs 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
• Jer 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
• Isa 8:7–8the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
• Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
• 2 Kgs 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

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