Lamentations 4:9
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these 5pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
NKJV: Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger; For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
ESV: Happier were the victims of the sword than the victims of hunger, who wasted away, pierced by lack of the fruits of the field.
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Leviticus 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.