Verse 7

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 17:12 : 12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
  • Job 3:24 : 24 For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.
  • Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with weeping,
  • Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted, for from my youth up till now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.
  • Ezek 4:16 : 16 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
  • Ezek 12:18-19 : 18 Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with shaking and with anxiety; 19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with desolation, that her land may be desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all who dwell therein.
  • Dan 10:3 : 3 I ate no desirable food, neither did meat nor wine enter my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were completed.