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Deuteronomy 28:48
therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. (niv)
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Psalms 60:2-3
You have shaken the land and torn it open; mend its fractures, for it is quaking.You have shown your people desperate times; you have given us wine that makes us stagger. (niv)
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Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied. (niv)
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Lamentations 5:9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the desert. (niv)
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Psalms 80:5
You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful. (niv)
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Ezekiel 4:16-17
He then said to me:“ Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin. (niv)
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Psalms 102:4-9
My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears (niv)
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Leviticus 26:36
“‘ As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them. (niv)
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Ezekiel 23:33
You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, the cup of ruin and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. (niv)
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Job 3:24
For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water. (niv)