Lamentations 4:2-4

GOD’S WORD Translation

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.
³ Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young,
but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.
⁴ The 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.