Lamentations 4:9-11

Tree of Life Version

⁹ Better are those slain by the sword
    than those struck down by famine—
they waste away, racked with pain,
    for lack of fruits of the field.
¹⁰ The hands of compassionate women
    boiled their own children.
They became their food
    when the daughter of my people were destroyed.
¹¹ Adonai has vented His fury.
    He has poured out His burning anger.
Yes, He kindled a fire in Zion
    that devoured her foundations.