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I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
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A Fast Fueled by Concern
Commentators, especially John Calvin, highlight that Daniel's fast was not a random spiritual exercise. It was a direct response to a national crisis: the work on rebuilding God's temple had been halted. His intense mourning was fueled by his deep concern for God's people and the apparent failure of God's promises, prompting him to intercede.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I ate no pleasant bread - Margin, bread of desires. So the Hebrew. The meaning is that he abstained from ordinary food and…
19th Century
Anglican
Pleasant bread — that is, delicate food. Abstaining from this as well as from the use of oil (compare to [Reference 2 Samuel 12:20…
16th Century
Protestant
We gather from this passage why the angel appeared to the Prophet in the third year of Cyrus. He says, he was then in the greatest sorrow;…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I ate no pleasant bread Or, "bread of desires" F4 ; such as was made of the finest of the wheat, and was …
