through

Isaiah 8:7, 8
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty rushing waters of the Euphrates--the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and run over all its banks. . . .

hardly bestead

Isaiah 9:20
They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they have eaten what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own arm.

Deuteronomy 28:33, 34, 53-57
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed. . . .

2 Kings 25:3
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know."

Jeremiah 52:6
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Lamentations 4:4, 5, 9, 10
The nursing infant's tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. . . .

they shall fret

Proverbs 19:3
A man's own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

curse

Exodus 22:28
You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

2 Kings 6:33
While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, "This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?"

Job 1:11
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face."

Job 2:5, 9
But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face." . . .

Revelation 9:20, 21
The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. . . .

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. . . .