Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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I have
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.
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
He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
He has filled me with bitterness;
He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
Micah 1:10
Announce it not in Gath [in Philistia],
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].
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].
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
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
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.
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.
“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
Lamentations 3:48
My eyes overflow with streams of tears
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
My eyes overflow with streams of tears
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
General references
Psalm 69:10
When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.
When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.
Psalm 80:5
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
You have fed them the bread of tears,
And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
Ezekiel 12:18
“Son of man, eat your bread with anxiety, and drink your water with trembling and with fear.