Bible Verses About Afflictions: God regulates the measure of

Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

As the former time made light The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, So the latter hath honoured the way of the sea, Beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah--for with thee I am , For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!'