8. Now their appearance is darker than soot;they are not recognized in the streets.Their skin has shriveled on their bones;it is dried up, like tree bark.ט (Tet)
9. Those who died by the sword are better offthan those who die of hunger,those who waste away,struck down from lack of food.י (Yod)
10. The hands of tenderhearted womencooked their own children,who became their food,when my people were destroyed.כ (Kaf)