Job 30:3-7, Jer 17:6 | ESV | STEP | Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation ;

Job 30:3-7

3 Through want and hard hunger
they ^agnaw ^bthe dry ground by night in ^cwaste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food. ^{▼▼Or warmth}
5 ^eThey are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of ^fthe rocks.
7 Among the bushes they ^gbray;
under ^hthe nettles they huddle together.

Jeremiah 17:6

6 ⁱHe is like a shrub in the desert,
^jand shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in ^kan uninhabited salt land.