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Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.

Lamentations 4:9 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીયર્મિયાનો વિલાપ ૪:૯
જેઓ તલવારથી માર્યા ગયા તેઓ ભૂખે મરનાર કરતાં સુખી છે, કેમ કે ભૂખ્યા માણસો ખેતરમાં પાક ન થવાથી બળહીન થઈને ઝૂરે છે.
हिन्दीविलापगीत ४:९
तलवार के मारे हुए भूख के मारे हुओं से अधिक अच्छे थे जिनका प्राण खेत की उपज बिना भूख के मारे सूखता जाता है।

In context

7Her nobles were purer than snow. They were whiter than milk. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. Their polishing was like sapphire.

8Their appearance is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like wood.

9Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; for these pine away, stricken through, for lack of the fruits of the field.

10The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11The LORD has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

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