Lamentations 4:7-9

Revised Geneva Translation

⁷ Her Nazirites were purer than the snow, whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than the red precious stones. They were polished sapphire.

⁸ Now, their visage is blacker than coal. They are unrecognizable in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered, like a stick.

⁹ Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger. For they fade away, stricken through by the fruits of the field.