And the Raḇ
And the sovereign of Ashshur sent the Tartan, and the Raḇ
Then said Elyaqim son of Ḥ
And there was a great scarcity of food in Shomeron. And see, they besieged it until a donkey’s head went at eighty pieces of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five pieces of silver.
They mock and speak in the evil of oppression; They speak loftily.
But the Raḇ
The tongue of the infant has clung To the roof of its mouth for thirst; Children asked for bread, No one breaks it for them.
Those who ate delicacies Have been laid waste in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Have embraced dunghills.
And יהוה said, “Even so the children of Yisra’ĕ
And He said to me, “See, I am giving you the dung of cattle instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”
