Lamentations 4:3-5

New Century Version

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

⁴ The babies are so thirsty
    their tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths.
Children beg for bread,
    but no one gives them any.

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