Lamentations 4:1-3

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4 See how the gold has grown dark,
    how the pure gold has changed.
There are jewels^[a] scattered all around
    at every street corner.
² The precious people of Zion
    were once worth more than gold.
But now they are treated like something worthless,
    like the cheap clay jars a potter makes.
³ Even a wild dog feeds her babies.
    Even the jackal lets her pups suck at her breast.
But the daughter of my people^[b] is cruel.
    She is like the ostrich in the desert that forgets its eggs in the sand.