They pluck mallukh by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
Luke 15:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better]. [Jer. 30:14.] American Standard Version (1901) And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. Common English Bible He longed to eat his fill from what the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything. Catholic Public Domain Version And he wanted to fill his belly with the scraps that the swine ate. But no one would give it to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him. |
They pluck mallukh by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food.
Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Efrayim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They make a covenant with Ashur, and oil is carried into Egypt.
*Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!