Lamentations 4:1-3

Tree of Life Version

4 How dulled is the gold,
    how tarnished the fine gold.
The sacred gems are poured out
    at the corner of every street.
² The precious sons of Zion,
    once worth their weight in gold—
alas! now they are treated like clay jars,
    the work of a potter’s hands!
³ Even jackals offer their breast
    to nurse their young.
The daughter of my people has become cruel,
    like ostriches in the desert.