Lamentations 4:9-10

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9} ט Tet

Those slain by the sword are better off
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.

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10} י Yod

The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;^(A)
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.^(B)

A. Lamentations 4:10: Deuteronomy 28:53

B. Lamentations 4:10: Jeremiah 8:11; Jeremiah 8:21