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Lamentations 4:1

How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are spilled out At the corner of every street.

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Lamentations 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against pure gold, How they are regarded as earthenware jars, The work of a potter's hands!

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Lamentations 4:3

Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has proved herself cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness.

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Lamentations 4:4

The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

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Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to eat delicacies Are made to tremble in the streets; Those who were raised in crimson clothing Embrace garbage heaps.

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