3 They were thin from hungerand wandered the dry and ruined land at night.
4 They gathered desert plants among the brushand ate the root of the broom tree.
5 They were forced to live away from people;people shouted at them as if they were thieves.
6 They lived in dried up streambeds,in caves, and among the rocks.
7 They howled like animals among the bushesand huddled together in the brush.
8 They are worthless people without namesand were forced to leave the land.
9 “Now they make fun of me with songs;my name is a joke among them.