Isaiah 8:21
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְעָבַרve'avarand it will passH5674בָּהּbahin itנִקְשֶׁהnikshehhard pressedH7185וְרָעֵבvera'evand hungryH7457וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961כִי־khi-thatH3588יִרְעַבyir'avit will be hungryH7456וְהִתְקַצַּףvehitkatzafand it will be enragedH7107וְקִלֵּלvekileland it will curseH7043בְּמַלְכּוֹbemalko<in> king itsH4428וּבֵאלֹהָיוuvelohavand <in> God itsH430וּפָנָהufanahand it will turnH6437לְמָעְלָה׃lema'elah<to> upwards <towards>H4605
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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