“He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:”
So that his life loathes bread, and his soul loathes the food of his desire, describing how physical suffering affects the sufferer's relationship to sustenance, suggesting that illness transforms the person's ability to enjoy what once satisfied. The loathing of bread—basic sustenance—suggests profound alteration of bodily response. The loathing of desire's food suggests that satisfaction becomes impossible. The verse depicts the comprehensive nature of suffering's effects.
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