Isaiah 30:20
And though LORD give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet thy teachers shall not be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.
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1 Kings 22:27and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I come in peace.
Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.
Psalms 80:5Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Psalms 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of toil, [for] so he gives sleep to his beloved.
Isaiah 51:14The captive exile shall speedily be loosed, and he shall not die in the pit, nor shall his bread fail.
Ezekiel 24:22And ye shall do as I have done. Ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:19-27
Promises. ( b. c. 720.) 18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not… Read the whole commentary →