Lamentations 4:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ The punishment inflicted on my people
    has been greater than that of Sodom,
which was overthrown in an instant
    without a hand being lifted to help her.
⁷ Her princes were once brighter than snow
    and whiter than milk.
Their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
    more precious than sapphire.
⁸ Now their faces are blacker than soot,
    and no one recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled tightly over their bones,
    as dry as a stick.