Isaiah 8:21 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:21

They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

BSB

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ASV

And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 19 and following) And when they say to you, seek from the Pythons and the diviners, who make their enchantments, whether not the people seeks from their God for the living from the dead? To the law more and to the testimony. If they do not speak according to this word, it will not be morning light for them. And they will pass through it: they will fall down and be hungry: and when they are hungry, they will become angry and curse their king and their God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they shall pass through it,.... The land, as the Targum and Kimchi supply it; that is, the land of Judea, as Aben Ezra interprets it.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The foolishness of man perverts his way, and then his heart frets against the Lord, Prov. xix. See what need we have to keep our mouth as with a bridle when our heart is hot within us; for the language of fretfulness is commonly very offensive. [4.] They shall abandon themselves to despair, and, which way soever they look, shall see no probability of relief.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And they shall pass - The people who have been consulting necromancers. This represents the condition of these who have sought for counsel and direction, and who have not found it. They shall be conscious of disappointment, and shall wander perplexed and alarmed through the land. Through it - Through the land. They shall wander in it from one place to another, seeking direction and relief. Hardly bestead - Oppressed, borne down, agitated.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָ֥בַר	ve.'A.var	and it will pass	H5674 →
בָּ֖הּ	bah	in it
נִקְשֶׁ֣ה	nik.Sheh	hard pressed	H7185 →
וְרָעֵ֑ב	ve.ra.'Ev	and hungry	H7457 →
וְהָיָ֨ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
כִֽי־	khi-	that	H3588 →
יִרְעַ֜ב	yir.'Av	it will be hungry	H7456 →
וְהִתְקַצַּ֗ף	ve.hit.ka.Tzaf	and it will be enraged	H7107 →
וְקִלֵּ֧ל	ve.ki.Lel	and it will curse	H7043 →
בְּמַלְכּ֛וֹ	be.mal.Ko	<in> king its	H4428 →
וּבֵאלֹהָ֖יו	u.ve.lo.Hav	and <in> God its	H430 →
וּפָנָ֥ה	u.fa.Nah	and it will turn	H6437 →
לְמָֽעְלָה׃	le.Ma.'e.lah	<to> upwards <towards>	H4605 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 1:11
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
leads to
- Job 2:5
  But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Job 19:21
  Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
- Revelation 16:11
  and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.
Through
Proverbs 19:3
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
leads to
- Revelation 16:9–11
  And 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.
- Psalms 37:7
  Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- Proverbs 11:3
  The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9–10
  For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
Through
Isaiah 9:20
They 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…
leads to
- Isaiah 49:26
  I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your…