Lamentations 4:9-11
New American Standard Bible
9 Better off are those (A)killed by the sword
Than those killed by hunger;
For they [a](B)waste away, [b]stricken
By the lack of the produce of the field.
10 The hands of compassionate women
(C)Boiled their own children;
They became (D)food for them
Due to the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord has (E)expended His wrath,
He has poured out His fierce anger;
And He has (F)kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has consumed its foundations.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:9 Lit flow away
- Lamentations 4:9 Lit pierced through
Lamentations 4:9-11
New International Version
9 Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of famine;(A)
racked with hunger, they waste away
for lack of food from the field.(B)
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(C)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
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