7. Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, sapphire their appearance.
8. Now their appearance is blacker than soot, they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones, it has become dry like wood.
9. Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of famine; they have pined away, very hungry for the crops of my field.
10. The hands of compassionate women, have cooked their children; they became as something to eat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11. Yahweh has completed his anger, he has poured out his fierce anger; he has kindled a fire in Zion, it consumed her foundations.