2. What use did I have for their strengthsince they had lost their strength to work?
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.