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Lamentations 4:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Lamentations 4:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
their form cut like sapphire.[a](A)
8 Now their visage is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.(B)
9 Happier were those pierced by the sword
than those pierced by hunger,
whose life drains away, deprived
of the produce of the field.(C)
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- 4.7 Or lapis lazuli
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