2 Chronicles 18:26

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Summary

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

This fellow

Bread of affliction

Psalm 80:5

Psalm 102:9

Isaiah 30:20

Until i return

Bible References

This fellow

Now, David, had said - Surely, in vain, did I guard all that pertained to this man in the wilderness, so that there was, nothing, missed of all that he had, - seeing he hath returned to me evil for good.

But, the Pharisees, hearing it, said, This one, doth not cast out the demons, save in Beelzebul ruler of the demons.

And they began to accuse him, saying - This one, found we, perverting our nation, and forbidding to give, tribute unto Caesar, - and affirming himself to be, an anointed king.

And they hearkened unto him as far as this word, and lifted up their voice, saying - Away from the earth, with such a man as this, for it is not fit that he should live.

Bread of affliction

Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;

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.

Until i return

and so it come to pass while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart - saying, Prosperity, shall I have, although in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on, - so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst:

His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them:

A wise man, feareth, and avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.

For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know - that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;