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Lamentations 4:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Lamentations 4:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 Happier were those pierced by the sword
than those pierced by hunger,
whose life drains away, deprived
of the produce of the field.(A)
10 The hands of compassionate women
have boiled their own children;
they became their food
in the destruction of my people.(B)
11 The Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
he poured out his hot anger
and kindled a fire in Zion
that consumed its foundations.(C)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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