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Lamentations 4:3-10
3Even the jackals draw out the breastH7699, they give suckH3243 to their young ones:The daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 is become cruelH393, like the ostriches in the wildernessH4057.4The tongueH3956 of the sucking childH5768 cleaveth to the roof of his mouthH2441 for thirstH6772:The young childrenH5768 askH7592 breadH3899, and no man breaketh it unto them.5They that did feed delicately are desolateH8074 in the streetsH2351:They that were brought up in scarletH8438 embraceH2263 dunghills.6For the iniquityH5771 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 is greaterH1431 than the sinH2403 of SodomH5467,That was overthrown as in a momentH7281, and no handsH3027 were laid upon her.7Her nobles were purer than snowH7950, they were whiter than milkH2461;They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphireH5601.8Their visage isH1961 blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streetsH2351:Their skinH5785 cleaveth to their bonesH6106; it isH1961 witheredH3001, it isH1961 becomeH1961 like a stick.9They that are slainH2491 with the swordH2719 are betterH2896 than they that are slainH2491 with hungerH7458;For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruitsH8570 of the fieldH7704.10The handsH3027 of the pitiful womenH802 have boiledH1310 their own childrenH3206;They wereH1961 their food in the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.
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