Lam 4:9-10 | ESV | STEP | Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger , who wasted away , pierced by lack of the fruits of the field .

Lamentations 4:9-10

9 Happier were the victims of the sword
than the victims of hunger,
who wasted away, pierced
by lack of the fruits of the field.
10 ^aThe hands of ^bcompassionate women
^chave boiled their own children;
^dthey became their food
during the destruction of the daughter of my people.