8. But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one even recognizes them in the streets. Their skin is wrinkled over their bones. Their skin is like wood.
9. It was better for those who were killed by the sword than for those who died of hunger. Those starving people were sad and hurt. They died because they got no food from the field.
10. Then even nice women cooked their own children. The children were food for their mothers. This happened when my people were destroyed.
11. The Lord used all of his anger. He poured out all his anger. He made a fire in Zion that burned it down to the foundations.
12. The kings of the earth could not believe what had happened. The people of the world could not believe what had happened. They could not believe that enemies would be able to come through the city gates of Jerusalem.