Lamentations 4:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Those slain by the sword are better than those who die by hunger; for these waste away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

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  • Lev 26:39 : 39 And those who are left of you shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.
  • Ezek 24:23 : 23 And your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall waste away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
  • Ezek 33:10 : 10 Therefore, O son of man, speak to the house of Israel; this is what you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how should we then live?
  • Jer 16:4 : 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

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