Lamentations 4:8-10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ Now they appear darker than soot;^(A)
they are not recognised in the streets.
Their skin has shrivelled on their bones;
it has become dry like wood.

⁹ Those slain by the sword are better off
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.

¹⁰ The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;^(B)
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.^(C)