Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 10:3

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

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 Iacobs trouble; and to a true Fasting frame.

Marginal references: Heb. bread of desires.