Lamentations 4:2-4

New Century Version

² The precious people of Jerusalem
    were more valuable than gold,
but now they are thought of as clay jars
    made by the hands of a potter.

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.