21 They will pass through [a]the land (A)dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse [b]their king and their God as they face upward.

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  1. Isaiah 8:21 Lit it
  2. Isaiah 8:21 Or by their king

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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21 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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20 [a]They devour what is on the right hand but are still (A)hungry,
And [b]they eat what is on the left hand, but they are not satisfied;
Each of them eats the (B)flesh of his own arm.

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  1. Isaiah 9:20 Lit And he slices
  2. Isaiah 9:20 Lit he eats

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

20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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19 These two things have happened to you;
Who will mourn for you?
The (A)devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
How shall I comfort you?

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19 These double calamities(A) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?(B)
ruin and destruction,(C) famine(D) and sword(E)
    who can[a] console you?

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  1. Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I

19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

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