She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.

But I thought, “I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.