^5 (A)You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.

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.

^3 (A)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
^(B)“Where is your God?”

⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,

⁷ My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.