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.
6 The punishment for my people’s wickedness has been more severethan the punishment for the sins of Sodom.Sodom was destroyed instantly, without one human hand touching it.
7 Zion’s princes were purer than snow, whiter than milk.Their bodies were more pink than coral.Their hair was like sapphires.
8 Their faces are ⌊now⌋ blacker than soot.No one recognizes them on the streets.Their skin has shriveled on their bones.It has become as dry as bark.