³ Even ^(A)jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has proved herself ^(B)cruel,
Like ^(C)ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴ The ^(A)tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth because of ^(B)thirst;
The children ^(C)ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.