7. The leaders of Jerusalemwere purer than snowand whiter than milk;their bodies were healthyand glowed like jewels.
8. Now they are blacker than tar,and no one recognizes them;their skin clings to their bonesand is drier than firewood.
9. Being killed with a swordis better than slowlystarving to death.
10. Life in the city is so badthat loving mothers have boiledand eaten their own children.
11. The Lord was so fiercely angrythat he burnt the city of Zionto the ground.