20 And though the Lord gives you
(A)The bread of adversity and the water of [a]affliction,
Yet (B)your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore,
But your eyes shall see your teachers.

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  1. Isaiah 30:20 oppression

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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(A)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great 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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22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, (A)exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, (B)“We must through many tribulations 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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27 and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in (A)prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, 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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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But (A)of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall (B)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 vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To (A)eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved 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 signs;
(A)There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any 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 have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,

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

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For (A)His anger is but for a moment,
(B)His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But [a]joy comes in the morning.

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  1. Psalm 30:5 a shout of joy

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 unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may (B)remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

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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 Then the Lord said, “So (A)shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”

14 So I said, (B)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (C)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (D)abominable[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”

15 Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”

16 Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the (E)supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall (F)eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall (G)drink water by measure and with dread, 17 that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and (H)waste away because of their iniquity.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18

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

38 (A)Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to 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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22 And you shall do as I have done; (A)you shall not cover your [a]lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow. 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; (B)you shall neither mourn nor weep, but (C)you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another.

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  1. Ezekiel 24:22 Lit. moustache

22 And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard(A) or eat the customary food of mourners.(B) 23 You will keep your turbans(C) on your heads and your sandals(D) on your feet. You will not mourn(E) or weep but will waste away(F) because of[a] your sins and groan among yourselves.(G)

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  1. Ezekiel 24:23 Or away in