Isaiah 30:20
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And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.

the bread

Deuteronomy 16:3 Thou shalt not eat with it leavened bread: seven days shalt thou eat without leaven, the bread of affliction, because thou camest out of Egypt in fear: that thou mayst remember the day of thy coming out of Egypt, all the days of thy life.

1 Kings 22:27 And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and water of distress till I return in peace.

2 Chronicles 18:26 And say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in prison, and give him bread and water in a small quantity till I return in peace.

Psalm 30:5 For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.

Psalm 80:5 How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

Psalm 102:9 For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.

Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved,

Ezekiel 4:13-17 And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel eat their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them out. . . .

Ezekiel 24:22,23 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners. . . .

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith: and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

affliction.

Psalm 74:9 Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.

Amos 8:11,12 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day. . . .

Matthew 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:

Context
God's Mercies
19For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee. 20And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher.21And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.…
Cross References
1 Kings 22:27
And tell them: Thus saith the king: Put this man in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and water of distress till I return in peace.

Psalm 74:9
Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.

Psalm 80:5
How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

Isaiah 28:9
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand the hearing? them that are weaned from the milk, that are drawn away from the breasts.

Amos 8:11
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation: and I will bring up sackcloth upon every back of yours, and baldness upon every head: and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the latter end thereof as a bitter day.

Lexicon
The Lord
אֲדֹנָ֛י (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

will give
וְנָתַ֨ן (wə·nā·ṯan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you
לָכֶ֧ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

the bread
לֶ֥חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

of adversity
צָ֖ר (ṣār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

and the water
וּמַ֣יִם (ū·ma·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of affliction,
לָ֑חַץ (lā·ḥaṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3906: Oppression, distress

but your Teacher
מוֹרֶ֔יךָ (mō·w·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

will no longer
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

hide
יִכָּנֵ֥ף (yik·kā·nêp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3670: To be cornered or thrust into a corner

Himself—
עוֹד֙ (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

with your own eyes
עֵינֶ֖יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

you will see
רֹא֥וֹת (rō·’ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

[Him].
מוֹרֶֽיךָ׃ (mō·w·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach


Additional Translations
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers:

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden anymore, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers;

And though the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause thee to err shall no more at all draw nigh to thee; for thine eyes shall see those that cause thee to err,

And the Lord will give you the bread of adversity, and the water of oppression; yet thy teachers shall not be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:

And though the Lord shall give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thy eyes shall see thy teachers:

Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won't be hidden anymore, but your eyes will see your teachers;

And the Lord hath given to you bread of adversity, And water of oppression. And thy directors remove no more, And thine eyes have seen thy directors,
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