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Lamentations 4:7-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Lamentations 4:7-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
7 Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
their hair[a] like sapphire.[b]
8 Now their visage is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shrivelled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.
9 Happier were those pierced by the sword
than those pierced by hunger,
whose life drains away, deprived
of the produce of the field.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Lamentations 4:7 Or lapis lazuli
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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