3 Even the jackals nurse their youngat their breast,but my people are cruel,like ostriches in the desert.ד (Dalet)
4 The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread,but no one gives them even a morsel.ה (He)
5 Those who once feasted on delicaciesare now starving to death in the streets.Those who grew up wearing expensive clothesare now dying amid garbage.ו (Vav)
6 The punishment of my peopleexceeded that of of Sodom,which was overthrown in a momentwith no one to help her. ז (Zayin)
7 Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow,whiter than milk;their bodies more ruddy than corals,their hair like lapis lazuli.ח (Khet)
8 Now their appearance is darker than soot;they are not recognized in the streets.Their skin has shriveled on their bones;it is dried up, like tree bark.ט (Tet)
9 Those who died by the sword are better offthan those who die of hunger,those who waste away,struck down from lack of food.י (Yod)