3 They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.
4 And they chewed grass and the bark from trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5 They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.
6 They lived in the parched desert and in caves underground or above the rocks.
7 They rejoiced among these kinds of things, and they considered it delightful to be under thorns.
8 These are the sons of foolish and base men, not even paying any attention to the land.
9 Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.