⁶ Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights^(A)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”^(B)

²⁴ a wild donkey^(A) accustomed to the desert,^(B)
    sniffing the wind in her craving—
    in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
    at mating time they will find her.

⁵ “Who let the wild donkey^(A) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
⁶ I gave it the wasteland^(B) as its home,
    the salt flats^(C) as its habitat.^(D)

¹⁸ How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;^(A)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.^(B)

¹⁷ Because of this our hearts^(A) are faint,^(B)
    because of these things our eyes^(C) grow dim^(D)

¹⁷ Moreover, our eyes failed,
    looking in vain^(A) for help;^(B)
from our towers we watched
    for a nation^(C) that could not save us.