The tongue of the suckling adhered to his palate in thirst: the young children asked for bread, none breaking bread to them.

All her people groan, seeking bread;
They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food
To restore their lives.
“See, O Lord, and consider
How despised and repulsive I have become!”

We get our bread at the risk of our lives
Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].

We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.