Daniel 10:3
I ate no fine food. No meat or wine passed my lips. I used no perfumed oils until those three weeks were over.
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In Context
2When this happened, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three full weeks.
4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was standing on the bank of the great River Tigris.
Cross References
Job 33:20They have no desire to eat; they do not even want their favorite dishes.
Daniel 6:18Then the king went back to his palace. He ate nothing at all that night and refused any kind of entertainment. He couldn't sleep a wink.
Amos 5:11Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.
Matthew 6:17Instead, when you fast, wash your face and look smart,
Matthew Henry on Daniel 10:2-10
Vision near the River Hiddekel. ( b. c. 534.) 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 4 And in the four and twentieth day… Read the whole commentary →