Lamentations 4:3-5

International Standard Version

³Even wild animals nurse,
suckling their young;
but the women of my people are cruel,
like ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴The nursing child’s tongue
cleaves to its palate from thirst.
Young children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.

⁵Those who enjoyed delicacies
lie desolate in the streets.
Those who were reared wearing purple
scavenge in piles of trash.

Lamentations 4:3-5

New International Version

³Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.^(A)

⁴Because of thirst^(B) the infant’s tongue
sticks to the roof of its mouth;^(C)
the children beg for bread,
but no one gives it to them.^(D)

⁵Those who once ate delicacies
are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple^(E)
now lie on ash heaps.^(F)

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New International Version (NIV)