Lamentations 4:6-8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ The punishment of my dear people
is greater than that of Sodom,^(A)
which was overthrown in an instant
without a hand laid on it.

⁷ Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies^[a] were more ruddy than coral,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.

⁸ Now they appear darker than soot;^(B)
they are not recognised in the streets.
Their skin has shrivelled on their bones;
it has become dry like wood.