Lamentations 4:1-4 ▼

1 How the gold has lost its luster, the noble metal changed; Jewels lie scattered at the corner of every street.

2 And Zion’s precious children, worth their weight in gold— How they are treated like clay jugs, the work of any potter!

3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young; But the daughter of my people is as cruel as the ostrich in the wilderness.

4 The tongue of the infant cleaves to the roof of its mouth in thirst; Children beg for bread, but no one gives them a piece.