21 They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and (A)curse [a]their king and their God, and look upward.

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  1. Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king and by their God

21 Distressed and hungry,(A) they will roam through the land;(B) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(C) their king and their God.

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20 And he shall [a]snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
(A)And not be satisfied;
(B)Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 slice off or tear

20 On the right they will devour,
    but still be hungry;(A)
on the left they will eat,(B)
    but not be satisfied.
Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring[a]:

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 Or arm

And men were scorched with great heat, and they (A)blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; (B)and they did not repent (C)and give Him glory.

Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain

10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl (D)on the throne of the beast, (E)and his kingdom became full of darkness; (F)and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

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They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,(A) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent(B) and glorify him.(C)

10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast,(D) and its kingdom was plunged into darkness.(E) People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed(F) the God of heaven(G) because of their pains and their sores,(H) but they refused to repent of what they had done.(I)

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20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (A)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship (B)demons, (C)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders (D)or their [a]sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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  1. Revelation 9:21 NU, M drugs

20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(A) of the work of their hands;(B) they did not stop worshiping demons,(C) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(D) 21 Nor did they repent(E) of their murders, their magic arts,(F) their sexual immorality(G) or their thefts.

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Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these (A)pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the (B)field.

10 The hands of the (C)compassionate women
Have [a]cooked their (D)own children;
They became (E)food for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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  1. Lamentations 4:10 boiled

Those killed by the sword are better off
    than those who die of famine;(A)
racked with hunger, they waste away
    for lack of food from the field.(B)

10 With their own hands compassionate women
    have cooked their own children,(C)
who became their food
    when my people were destroyed.

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The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
(A)The young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.

Those who ate delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
(B)Embrace ash heaps.

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Because of thirst(A) the infant’s tongue
    sticks to the roof of its mouth;(B)
the children beg for bread,
    but no one gives it to them.(C)

Those who once ate delicacies
    are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple(D)
    now lie on ash heaps.(E)

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By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

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By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.(A)

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18 If I go out to (A)the field,
Then behold, those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
Then behold, those sick from famine!
Yes, both prophet and (B)priest go about in a land they do not know.’ ”

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

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Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [a]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [b]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
(A)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [c]fill the breadth of Your land, O (B)Immanuel.[d]

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  1. Isaiah 8:7 The Euphrates
  2. Isaiah 8:7 Overflow
  3. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. be the fullness of
  4. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. God-With-Us

therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(A) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(B) with all his pomp.(C)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(D)
and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(E)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(F) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(G)

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.

The foolishness of a man twists his way,
And his heart frets against the Lord.

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A person’s own folly(A) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.(B)

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Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? [a]Curse God and die!”

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  1. Job 2:9 Lit. Bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(A) Curse God and die!”(B)

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(A)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his (B)bone and his flesh, and he will surely [a]curse You to Your face!”

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  1. Job 2:5 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(B)

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11 (A)But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely (B)curse[a] You to Your face!”

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  1. Job 1:11 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has,(A) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(B)

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