Isaiah 30:20

And the Lord will give you thick bread and accessible water. And he will not cause your teacher to fly away from you anymore. And your eyes will behold your instructor.

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In The King James Version

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

In Context

19For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly, you will not weep. Mercifully, he will take pity on you. At the voice of your outcry, as soon as he hears, he will respond to you.

21And your ears will listen to the word of one admonishing you behind your back: “This is the way! Walk in it! And do not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:27And tell them: ‘Thus says the king: Put this man in prison, and sustain him with the bread of affliction, and with the water of distress, until I return in peace.’”

Psalms 30:5You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

Psalms 80:5for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob.

Psalms 127:2For you will eat by the labors of your hands. Blessed are you, and it will be well with you.

Isaiah 51:14Advancing quickly, he will arrive to be revealed, and he will not kill unto utter destruction, nor will his bread fail.

Ezekiel 24:22And so, you shall do just as I have done. You shall not cover your faces, and you shall not eat the food of those who mourn.

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 →

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