Isaiah 30:20
Though My Lord, should give you bread in short measure and water in scant allowance Yet will thy Teacher not hide himself any more, But thine eyes shall ever be looking on thy Teacher.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Kings 22:27and thou shalt say—Thus, saith the king, Put this man into the prison,—and let him eat the bread of oppression, with the water of oppression, until I enter in peace.
Psalms 30:5For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life-time, in his good-pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning,’tis a Shout of Triumph!
Psalms 80:5Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
Psalms 127:2Vain for you,—to be early in rising, to be late in lying down, to be eating the bread of wearisome toil, So, would he give his beloved one sleep.
Isaiah 51:14The captive hath hastened to be loosed,—That he might not die in the pit. Neither should, his bread, be cut off.
Ezekiel 24:22Then shall ye do, as I have done.— The beard, shall ye not cover, And the bread of other men:, shall ye not eat;
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 →