21And 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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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:
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)In these verses we have, I. The unspeakable privilege which the people of God enjoy in having the oracles of God consigned over to them, and being entrusted with the sacred writings. That they may sanctify the Lord of hosts, may make him their fear and find him their sanctuary, bind up the testimony , Isa. 8:16. Note, It is a great instance of God’s care of his church and love to it that he has lo…
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