² “From among all the families on the earth,
    I have been intimate with you alone.
That is why I must punish you
    for all your sins.”

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

⁶ The guilt^[a] of my people
    is greater than that of Sodom,
where utter disaster struck in a moment
    and no hand offered help.