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.
This vision is dated in the third year of Cyrus, that is, of his reign after the conquest of Babylon, his third year since Daniel became acquainted with him and a subject to him. Here is, I. A general idea of this prophecy (Dan 10:1): The thing was true; every word of God is so; it was true that Daniel had such a vision, and...
Commenting on Daniel 10:1-9
I ate no pleasant bread,.... Or, "bread of desires" (d); such as was made of the finest of the wheat, and was eaten in the courts of princes where Daniel was: according to some Jewish Rabbins in Ben Melech, hot bread is meant; but in general it means the best of bread, such as had good qualities to make it desirable; and this Daniel refrained...
no pleasant bread--"unleavened bread, even the bread of affliction" (Deu 16:3). anoint--The Persians largely used unguents.