Lamentations 4:1-6

1“Look how the gold has become tarnished! The fine gold has changed! The sacred stones are scattered at every street corner.

2“Zion’s precious children, who are worth their weight in fine gold, are now treated like clay pots, like those made by a potter’s hands.

3Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.

4The tongues of nursing infants stick to the roofs of their mouths because of their thirst. Little children beg for bread, but no one will break off a piece for them.

5Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.

6The punishment for my people’s wickedness has been more severe than the punishment for the sins of Sodom. Sodom was destroyed instantly, without one human hand touching it.