Lamentations 4:9-11

New King James Version

⁹ Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these ^(A)pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the ^(B)field.

¹⁰ The hands of the ^(C)compassionate women
Have ^[a]cooked their ^(D)own children;
They became ^(E)food for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

¹¹ The Lord has fulfilled His fury,
^(F)He has poured out His fierce anger.
^(G)He kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has devoured its foundations.