Lamentations 4:7-11

7Our princes once glowed with health— brighter than snow, whiter than milk. Their faces were as ruddy as rubies, their appearance like fine jewels.

8But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard as wood.

9Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger. Starving, they waste away for lack of food from the fields.

10Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children. They have eaten them to survive the siege.

11But now the anger of the Lord is satisfied. His fierce anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.