³⁸ You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,^(A) because locusts^(B) will devour^(C) it.

⁶ You have planted much, but harvested little.^(A) You eat, but never have enough.^(B) You drink, but never have your fill.^(C) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,^(D) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”