1 “Look how the gold has become tarnished!The fine gold has changed!The sacred stones are scattered at every street corner.
2 “Zion’s precious children, who are worth their weight in fine gold,are now treated like clay pots,like those made by a potter’s hands.
3 Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young,but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.
4 The tongues of nursing infants stick to the roofs of their mouthsbecause of their thirst.Little children beg for bread,but no one will break off a piece for them.
5 Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets.Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.