Lamentations 4:1-3

The Voice

4 Aaghh! The gold no longer shines;
    even our finest gold is changed,
And precious gems from the holy place
    are scattered and spilled in the street.

² But worse yet, the people themselves, the precious children of Zion,
    are treated like clay pots formed by a potter—
Now debased and devalued,
    but they were once worth their weight in gold.

³ Cruelty marks our young women.
    Even jackals nourish their young,
But like the stupid ostrich in the desert,
    my people don’t care a whit for their own.