Lamentations 4:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² The noble men of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pitchers, the work of the potter’s hands!

³ Even the dragons present their breasts to nurse their young; but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

⁴ The tongue of the infant child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread, but no one breaks it for them.