⁵ Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
    but those who were hungry are fat with spoil.
The barren has borne seven,
    but she who has many children is forlorn.^(A)

⁹ He gives the barren woman a home,
    making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!^(A)

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

⁹ She who bore seven has languished;
    she has swooned away;
her sun went down while it was yet day;
    she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
    before their enemies,
            says the Lord.^(A)

¹⁰ The young lions suffer want and hunger,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.^(A)

54 Shout for joy, O barren one who has borne no children;
    burst into song and shout,
    you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate woman will be more
    than the children of the one who is married, says the Lord.^(A)