Daniel 10:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Fasting and feasting are very inconsistent; Daniel at other times lived magnificently, according to the dignity of his place, he had the best bread, flesh, wine, and anointing after the manner of the East, all which he laid aside, that by austerity he might afflict his body, and quicken his soul suitably to the time of Jacob's trouble and to a true fasting frame.

Daniel 10:3

3 I ate no pleasantc bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.