Lamentations 4:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² The precious sons of Zion
    were formerly worth their weight in gold.
Now they are reckoned as no more valuable
    than clay jars fashioned by a potter.
³ Even jackals bare their breasts
    and nurse their young.
But the daughters of my people have become
    as cruel as ostriches^[a] in the desert.
⁴ The tongue of an infant
    sticks to the roof of its mouth in thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
    but no one offers them a crumb.