Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalm 80:5
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
Job 3:24
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
Psalm 69:21
They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Isaiah 44:20
That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
Lamentations 3:15-16
He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
Lamentations 3:48-49
My eyes overflow with streams of tears
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
Micah 1:10
Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles];
In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].
Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
Like crawling things of the earth
They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places.
They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God
And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O Lord].
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They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles];
In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].
They shall lick the dust like a serpent;
Like crawling things of the earth
They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places.
They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God
And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O Lord].
Mingled
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
My eyes overflow with streams of tears
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
General references
When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.