Lamentations 4:7-9
7
Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like sapphires.
8
But now they are 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.
9
Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of famine;
racked with hunger, they waste away
for lack of food from the field.