Lamentations 4:3-5

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ Even ^(A)jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become ^(B)cruel
Like ^(C)ostriches in the wilderness.
⁴ The ^(D)tongue of the infant cleaves
To the roof of its mouth because of ^(E)thirst;
The little ones ^(F)ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
⁵ Those who ate ^(G)delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those ^[a]reared in purple
Embrace ash pits.