Lamentations 4:7-11

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.

The Lord has expended His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion, And it has consumed its foundations.