Lamentations 4:1-3

New American Standard Bible

4 How ^(A)dark the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are spilled out
At the ^[a]corner of every street.
² The precious sons of Zion,
Weighed against pure gold,
How they are regarded as ^(B)earthenware jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!
³ Even ^(C)jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has proved herself ^(D)cruel,
Like ^(E)ostriches in the wilderness.