Job 6:7
“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].
1 Kings 17:12
But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar. See, I am gathering a few sticks so that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it [as our last meal] and die.”
1 Kings 22:27
and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison, and feed him sparingly with the bread and water until I return safely.”’”
Job 3:24
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
Ezekiel 4:14
But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold (hear me), I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died on its own or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”
Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the staff of bread [that supports life] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread [rationed] by weight and [eat it] with anxiety and fear, and drink water by measure and [drink it] in horror [of the impending starvation],
Ezekiel 12:18-19
“Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear.
Daniel 10:3
I ate no tasty food, nor did any meat or wine enter my mouth; and I did not
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As my sorrowful meat
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As my sorrowful meat
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
General references
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.