1 Kings 17:12
12And she said, a“As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”1 Kings 22:27
27and say, ‘Thus says the king, b“Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, cuntil I come in peace.”’”Psalms 102:9
9For I eat ashes like breadand dmingle tears with my drink,
Ezekiel 4:14
14Then I said, e“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ▼▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean
gFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten hwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has itainted meat come into my mouth.” Ezekiel 4:16
16Moreover, he said to me, j“Son of man, behold, kI will break the supply ▼▼Hebrew staff
of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread mby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water nby measure and in dismay. Ezekiel 12:18-19
18 o“Son of man, peat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety. 19And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: qThey shall eat their bread with anxiety, rand drink water in dismay. In this way sher land will be stripped of all it contains, ton account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.Daniel 10:3
3I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I uanoint myself at all, for vthe full three weeks.
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