⁵ Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
    but those who were hungry^(A) are hungry no more.
She who was barren^(B) has borne seven children,
    but she who has had many sons pines away.

⁹ The mother of seven will grow faint^(A)
    and breathe her last.^(B)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced^(C) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword^(D)
    before their enemies,”^(E)
declares the Lord.

⁹ He settles the childless^(A) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

⁵³ He has filled the hungry with good things^(A)
    but has sent the rich away empty.

¹⁰ The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.^(A)

“Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.”^[a](A)