14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and its jawbones, knives, in order to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.
15. For the leech, there are two daughters; “Give, give!” they cry. As for three of these, they are not satisfied; as for four, they do not say enough.
16. Sheol and barrenness of womb, the land is not satisfied with water, and fire does not say “enough!”
17. The eye that mocks a father and scorns the obedience of a mother— the ravens of the valley will peck it out, and the offspring of vultures will eat it.
18. Three of these are too wonderful for me, and four, I do not understand them: