Lamentations 4:3-5

Easy-to-Read Version

³ Even a wild dog feeds her babies.
    Even the jackal lets her pups suck at her breast.
But the daughter of my people^[a] is cruel.
    She is like the ostrich in the desert that forgets its eggs in the sand.
⁴ Babies are so thirsty
    their tongues stick to the roof of their mouths.
Young children ask for bread,
    but no one gives them any.
⁵ Those who ate rich food
    are now dying in the streets.
Those who grew up wearing nice red clothes
    now pick through garbage piles.