5  Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,

but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.

^lThe barren has borne seven,

^mbut she who has many children is forlorn.

1  ^aHow lonely sits the city

that was full of people!

How like ^ba widow has she become,

she who was great among the nations!

She who was ^ca princess among the provinces

has become ^da slave.