Isaiah 30:20

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¹⁸ Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

¹⁹ O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

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.

²¹ And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

²² So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
WEB: Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any more, but your eyes will see your teachers;
ASV: 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;
DARBY: 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.
BLB: The Lord gives to you⁺ the bread of distress and the water of oppression, and your teachers will not be hidden in a corner anymore, and your eyes will be seeing your teachers.

ÅB: Herren skal gi dere nødens brød og trengselens vann[^3], og da skal dine lærere ikke mere skjule seg, men dine øyne skal se dine lærere,
OTB: Selv om Herren gir dere motgangens brød og lidelsens vann, vil deres Lærer ikke lenger skjule seg; deres øyne skal se deres Lærer.
B1930: Herren skal gi eder nødens brød og trengselens vann, og da skal dine lærere ikke mere skjule sig, men dine øine skal se dine lærere, / < 1KG 22, 27.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 80:5
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
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1 Kings 22:27
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
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Amos 8:11–12
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
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Psalms 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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Psalms 74:9
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
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Deuteronomy 16:3
You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
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Psalms 30:5
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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