3 They were weak because they were needy and hungry. They wandered through dry and empty deserts at night.
4 Among the bushes they gathered salty plants. They ate the roots of desert trees.
5 They were driven away from society. They were shouted at as if they were robbers.
6 They were forced to live in dry stream beds. They had to stay among rocks and in holes in the ground.
7 Like donkeys they cried out among the bushes. There they crowded together and hid.
8 They were so foolish that no one respected them. They were driven out of the land.
9 "Now their children laugh at me. They make fun of me with their songs.