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Happier were the victims of the sword
    than the victims of hunger,
who wasted away, pierced
    by lack of the fruits of the field.
10 (A)The hands of (B)compassionate women
    (C)have boiled their own children;
(D)they became their food
    during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 (E)The Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
    he poured out his hot anger,
and (F)he kindled a fire in Zion
    that consumed its foundations.

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