Lamentations 4:3-5

International Children’s Bible

³ Even wild dogs give their milk
    to feed their young.
But my people are cruel
    like ostriches in the desert.

⁴ The baby is so thirsty
    that his tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth.
Children beg for bread.
    But no one breaks off a piece to share with them.

⁵ Those who once ate fine foods
    are now starving in the streets.
The people who grew up wearing nice clothes
    now pick through trash piles.