All her people sigh; they seek bread. They have given their desirable things for food to relieve the soul. See, O Jehovah, and look on me, for I have become vile.

The Lord swallowed up all the dwelling-places of Jacob and has not pitied. In His wrath He has thrown down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground. He has defiled the kingdom and its rulers.

My haters have hunted me, like a bird, without cause.

The suckling's tongue cleaves to his palate in thirst; the young children ask bread; there is no breaking to them.

We have given the hand to Egypt, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.

We bring in our bread with our souls, because of the sword of the wilderness.