The Book of Mormon

2 Nephi 18:21

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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.

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Isaiah 8:21 (KJV)
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.

Changes

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.

Simple English

They will pass through the land in hard times and hungry. When they are hungry, they will get upset. They will curse their king and their God. They will look up.

Paraphrase

They’ll wander through the land, oppressed and starving. When hunger overwhelms them, they’ll lose their temper and curse their king and their God, looking upward.