Isaiah 30:20
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
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1 Kings 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 80:5You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Isaiah 51:14The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
Ezekiel 24:22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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 →