Job 6:7
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My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
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I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
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.’”
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”