Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.

Measure by measure, in their exile you contended with them; with his fierce blast he removed them, as on a day when the east wind blows.

Then you'll ask in your heart, "Who bore these children for me, although I was childless and barren, and an exile and cast aside? Who brought these up? Look! For my part I was left all alone; but as for these, where have they come from?'