3. They were so poor and hungrythat they would gnaw dry roots —at night, in wild, desolate places.
4. They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them,even the tasteless roots of the broom tree!
5. Everyone drove them away with shouts,as if they were shouting at thieves.
6. They had to live in caves,in holes dug in the sides of cliffs.
7. Out in the wilds they howled like animalsand huddled together under the bushes.
8. A worthless bunch of nameless nobodies!They were driven out of the land.
9. Now they come and laugh at me;I am nothing but a joke to them.
10. They treat me with disgust;they think they are too good for me,and even come and spit in my face.
11. Because God has made me weak and helpless,they turn against me with all their fury.