While anotherdieswith a bittersoul,Nevereven tasting[anything] good.
Moreover, Hushaisaid,"You knowyour fatherand his men,that they are mightymenand they are fierce,like a bearrobbedof her cubsin the field.And your fatheris an expertin warfare,and will not spendthe nightwith the people.
But she said,"As the LORDyour Godlives,I havenobread,onlya handfulof flourin the bowland a littleoilin the jar;and behold,I am gatheringa fewsticksthat I may goin and preparefor me and my son,that we may eatit and die."
"I loathemy own life;I will givefullventto my complaint;I will speakin the bitternessof my soul.
"When he fillshis belly,[God] will sendHis fierceangeron him And will rain[it] on him while he is eating.
His sidesare filledout with fat,And the marrowof his bonesis moist,
"Togetherthey liedownin the dust,And wormscoverthem.
"Whyis lightgivento him whosuffers,And lifeto the bitterof soul,
"ThereforeI will not restrainmy mouth;I will speakin the anguishof my spirit,I will complainin the bitternessof my soul.
"He will not allowme to getmy breath,But saturatesme with bitterness.
The heartknowsits ownbitterness,And a strangerdoes not shareits joy.
a manto whomGodhas givenrichesand wealthand honorso that his soullacksnothingof allthat he desires;yet Godhas not empoweredhim to eatfrom them, for a foreignerenjoysthem. Thisis vanityand a severeaffliction.
"Sonof man,eatyour breadwith tremblingand drinkyour waterwith quiveringand anxiety.