Lamentations 4:6-10

For the wrongdoing of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her.

Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They shined more than milk; They were more ruddy in body than pearls of coral, Their form was like lapis lazuli.

Their appearance is darker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is dry, it has become like wood.

Better off are those killed by the sword Than those killed by hunger; For they waste away, stricken By the lack of the produce of the field.

The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Due to the destruction of the daughter of my people.