¹⁷ Because he did not ^(A)kill me ^[a]before birth,
So that my mother would have been my grave,
And her womb forever pregnant.

¹⁸ Why did I ever come out of the womb
To ^(A)look at trouble and sorrow,
So that my ^(B)days have been spent in ^(C)shame?

¹⁴ Give to them, Lord—what will You give?
Give them a ^(A)miscarrying womb and dried-up breasts.

^16 (A)Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,
They will produce ^(B)no fruit.
Even though they give birth to children,
I will put to death the ^(C)precious ones of their womb.