³ The sons of Israel said to them, “^(A)If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, ^(B)when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread until we were full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger!”

⁴ Now the ^(A)rabble who were among them ^[a]had greedy cravings; and the sons of Israel also wept again and said, “^(B)Who will give us ^[b]meat to eat?

Grief over Judah’s Devastation