Isaiah 30:20

New Century Version

The Lord has given you sorrow and hurt like the bread and water you ate every day. He is your teacher; he will not continue to hide from you, but you will see your teacher with your own eyes.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:27

Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle.”

2 Chronicles 18:26

Tell them I said to put this man in prison and give him only bread and water until I return safely from the battle.”

Psalm 102:9

I eat ashes for food, and my tears fall into my drinks.

Psalm 127:2

It is no use for you to get up early and stay up late, working for a living. The Lord gives sleep to those he loves.

Psalm 30:5

His anger lasts only a moment, but his kindness lasts for a lifetime. Crying may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 74:9

We do not see any signs. There are no more prophets, and no one knows how long this will last.

Psalm 80:5

You have fed your people with tears; you have made them drink many tears.

Isaiah 28:9

The Lord is trying to teach the people a lesson; he is trying to make them understand his teachings. But the people are like babies too old for breast milk, like those who no longer nurse at their mother’s breast.

Isaiah 33:16

this is the kind of person who will be safe. He will be protected as he would be in a high, walled city. He will always have bread, and he will not run out of water.

Isaiah 51:14

People in prison will soon be set free; they will not die in prison, and they will have enough food.

Matthew 9:38

Pray to the Lord, who owns the harvest, that he will send more workers to gather his harvest.”

Acts 14:22

making the followers of Jesus stronger and helping them stay in the faith. They said, “We must suffer many things to enter God’s kingdom.”

Ephesians 4:11

And Christ gave gifts to people—he made some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to go and tell the Good News, and some to have the work of caring for and teaching God’s people.

Deuteronomy 16:3

Do not eat it with bread made with yeast. But for seven days eat bread made without yeast, the bread of suffering, because you left Egypt in a hurry. So all your life you will remember the time you left Egypt.