And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry. And it shall be, they shall be hungry; he will be angry and curse his king and his God, and face upward.
For when they say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes upon them, like the birth-pain to the one having babe in womb, and they shall not escape, not one.
And it shall be, everyone who is left in your house shall come in to bow to him for a wage of silver and a loaf of bread. And they shall say, Please admit me into one of the priest’s offices to eat a bit of bread.
The sated ones have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry have ceased, while the barren has borne seven; yea, she who had many sons has languished.