9Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
10The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.
12To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.
13It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.
14They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.
15Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.
