Lamentations 4:9-11
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
ט Teth
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.
י Yod
10 The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;(A)
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.(B)
כ Kaph
11 The Lord has exhausted his wrath,
poured out his burning anger;
he has ignited a fire in Zion,
and it has consumed her foundations.(C)
Lamentations 4:9-11
English Standard Version
9 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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