My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, [wherewith] I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and [thus] it was, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 19. My meat also … thou hast even set it before them.] Either as consecrated to them, or otherwise to be consecrated by them, which made Daniel so scrupulous of meddling with the king's meat. Eze 1:8
Thus it was.] Just so, and no otherwise, however thou would palliate the business, and art ready to put me to my proofs. as Jer 2:35