Lamentations 4:6-8

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⁶ For the chastisement of my people has been greater
    than the punishment of Sodom,
which was overthrown in a moment,
    though no hand was laid on it.^[a](A)

⁷ Her princes were purer than snow,
    whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
    their form cut like sapphire.^[b](B)

⁸ Now their visage is blacker than soot;
    they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
    it has become as dry as wood.^(C)