from men, by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and their belly You fill with Your hidden things; they are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
And the sons of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the fleshpots, in our eating bread to satisfaction. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to cause all this assembly to die with hunger.
saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war or hear the sound of the rams’ horn. And we will not hunger for bread, and there we will live.
But when we stopped burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been devoured by the sword and by the famine.
And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron. And all the congregation said to them, Oh that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, oh that we had died!