I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. I called for my lovers - (Lamentations 1:2; Jeremiah 30:14, "All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not"). Mine elders - in dignity, not merely age.
While they sought their meat. Their dignity did not exempt them from having to go and seek bread (Lamentations 1:11). [Resh (r)]