⁶ to whom I have given ^(A)the arid plain for his home
    and ^(B)the salt land for his dwelling place?

^34 (A)a fruitful land into a salty waste,
    because of the evil of its inhabitants.

^6 (A)He is like a shrub in the desert,
    ^(B)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
    in ^(C)an uninhabited salt land.

^{24     (A)}a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
    Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
    in her month they will find her.

⁵ Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
    the poor^{[a] (A)}go out to their toil, ^(B)seeking game;
    the wasteland yields food for their children.

⁹ For ^(A)they have gone up to Assyria,
    ^(B)a wild donkey wandering alone;
    Ephraim has hired lovers.