1Sa 2:5, Isa 47:9, Lam 1:1, 4:10 | ESV | STEP | Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread , but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven , but she who has many children is forlorn .

1 Samuel 2:5

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^aThe barren has borne seven,
^bbut she who has many children is forlorn.

Isaiah 47:9

9 ^cThese two things shall come to you
in a moment, ^din one day;
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
^ein spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.

Lamentations 1:1

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^fHow lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like ^ga widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^ha princess among the provinces
has become ⁱa slave.

Lamentations 4:10

10 ^jThe hands of ^kcompassionate women
^lhave boiled their own children;
^mthey became their food
during the destruction of the daughter of my people.