The (A)tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth because of (B)thirst;
The children (C)ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
Those who used to eat (D)delicacies
Are made to tremble in the streets;
Those who were raised in crimson clothing
Embrace garbage heaps.
For the [a]wrongdoing of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the [b](E)sin of Sodom,
Which was (F)overthrown as in a moment,
[c]And no hands were turned toward her.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for wrongdoing
  2. Lamentations 4:6 Or punishment for sin
  3. Lamentations 4:6 I.e., without human intervention

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