12  He shall be a ^hwild donkey of a man,

his hand against everyone

and everyone’s hand against him,

and ⁱhe shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

5  Behold, like ⁱwild donkeys in the desert

the poor¹ go out to their toil, seeking game;

the wasteland yields food for their children.

5  “Who has let the ^pwild donkey go free?

Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

6  to whom I have given the arid plain for his home

and the salt land for his dwelling place?

7  He scorns the tumult of the city;

he hears not the shouts of the driver.

8  He ranges the mountains as his pasture,

and he searches after every green thing.

24  a wild donkey used to the wilderness,

in her heat sniffing the wind!

Who can restrain her lust?

None who seek her need weary themselves;

in her month they will find her.