Lamentations 4:4-10

4The 1tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of 2thirst; The little ones 3ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.5Those who ate 4delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those 5reared in purple Embrace ash pits.6For the 6iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the 78sin of Sodom, Which was 9overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were 10turned toward her.7Her 11consecrated ones were 12purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in 13body than corals, Their polishing was like 1415lapis lazuli.8Their appearance is 16blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their 17skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood.9Better are those 1819slain with the sword Than those 20slain with hunger; For they 2122pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of 23the field.10The hands of compassionate women 24Boiled their own children; They became 25food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.