20 And though the Lord give you the (A)bread of adversity and the (B)water of affliction, (C)yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.

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20 Although the Lord gives you the bread(A) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers(B) will be hidden(C) no more; with your own eyes you will see them.

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You have fed them with (A)the bread of tears
    and given them tears to drink in full measure.

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You have fed them with the bread of tears;(A)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(B)

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27 and say, ‘Thus says the king, (A)“Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, (B)until I come in peace.”’”

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27 and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison(A) and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’”

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22 (A)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them (B)to continue in (C)the faith, and saying that (D)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.(A) “We must go through many hardships(B) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
    “when (A)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
    (B)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (C)They shall wander from sea to sea,
    and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
    (D)but they shall not find it.

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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.(D)

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It is in vain that you rise up early
    and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (A)toil;
    for he gives to his (B)beloved (C)sleep.

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In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food(A) to eat—
    for he grants sleep(B) to[a] those he loves.(C)

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  1. Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for

We do not see our (A)signs;
    (B)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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For I eat ashes like bread
    and (A)mingle tears with my drink,

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For I eat ashes(A) as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears(B)

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(A)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and (B)his favor is for a lifetime.[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but (D)joy comes with the morning.

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  1. Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life

For his anger(A) lasts only a moment,(B)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;(C)
weeping(D) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.(E)

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You shall eat no leavened bread with it. (A)Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt (B)in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.

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Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,(A) because you left Egypt in haste(B)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.(C)

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13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat (A)their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, (B)“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.[a] (C)From my youth up till now I have never eaten (D)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (E)tainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, he said to me, (F)“Son of man, behold, (G)I will break the supply[b] of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread (H)by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water (I)by measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and (J)look at one another in dismay, and (K)rot away because of their punishment.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:14 Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean
  2. Ezekiel 4:16 Hebrew staff

13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(A)

14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(B) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(C) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(D)

15 “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”

16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(E) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(F) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(G) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[a] their sin.(H)

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  1. Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in

11 And (A)he gave the (B)apostles, the prophets, the (C)evangelists, the (D)shepherds[a] and teachers,[b]

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  1. Ephesians 4:11 Or pastors
  2. Ephesians 4:11 Or the shepherd-teachers

38 therefore (A)pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to (B)send out laborers into his harvest.”

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38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

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