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

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

¹⁰ Our skin is hot as an oven,
    feverish from hunger.^(A)