Lam 4:4-6, 5:10, Eze 4:9-17, 5:10-12, 7:15, 14:21 | ESV | STEP | The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst ; the children beg for food , but no one gives to them.

4 The tongue of the nursing infant ^asticks
to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
^bthe children beg for food,
but no one gives to them.
5 Those who once feasted on delicacies
perish in the streets;
^cthose who were brought up in purple
embrace ash heaps.
6 ^dFor the chastisement ^{▼▼Or iniquity} of the daughter of my people has been greater
than the punishment ^{▼▼Or sin} of Sodom,
^gwhich was overthrown in a moment,
and no hands were wrung for her. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}

Lamentations 5:10

10 ⁱOur skin is hot as an oven
with ^jthe burning heat of famine.

Ezekiel 4:9-17

9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, ^{▼▼A type of wheat} and put them into a single vessel and make your ^lbread from them. ^mDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, ⁿ390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be ^oby weight, ^ptwenty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} a day; from day to day ^{▼▼Or at a set time daily; also verse 11} you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink ^sby measure, the sixth part of a hin; ^{▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters} from day to day you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it ^uin their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^vtheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, ^w“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ^{▼▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean} ^yFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten ^zwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^aatainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, he said to me, ^ab“Son of man, behold, ^acI will break the supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^aeby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^afby measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^aglook at one another in dismay, and ^ahrot away because of their punishment.

Ezekiel 5:10-12

10 Therefore ^aifathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. ^ajAnd I will execute judgments on you, ^akand any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds. 11 Therefore, ^alas I live, declares the Lord God, surely, ^ambecause you have defiled my sanctuary ^anwith all your detestable things and with all your ^aoabominations, ^aptherefore I will withdraw. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down} ^arMy eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. 12 ^asA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^ata third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^auand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

Ezekiel 7:15

15 ^avThe sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. ^awHe who is in the field dies by the sword, ^axand him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour.

Ezekiel 14:21

21 “For thus says the Lord God: How much more ^aywhen I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, ^azsword, ^bafamine, ^bbwild beasts, and ^bcpestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!