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Lamentations 4:7-9
Revised Standard Version
Lamentations 4:7-9
Revised Standard Version
7 Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
the beauty of their form[a] was like sapphire.[b]
8 Now their visage is blacker than soot,
they are not recognized in the streets;
their skin has shriveled upon their bones,
it has become as dry as wood.
9 Happier were the victims of the sword
than the victims of hunger,
who pined away, stricken
by want of the fruits of the field.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:7 Heb uncertain
- Lamentations 4:7 Heb lapis lazuli
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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