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Lamentations 4:7

“Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.”
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5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

6The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.

7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

9Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

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