Lamentations 4:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ The tongue of an infant
    sticks to the roof of its mouth in thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
    but no one offers them a crumb.
⁵ Those who once feasted on delicacies
    now lie dying in the streets.
Those who once wore purple garments
    now grovel in rubbish heaps.
⁶ The punishment inflicted on my people
    has been greater than that of Sodom,
which was overthrown in an instant
    without a hand being lifted to help her.