Jeremiah continues: “Better have those slain with the sword proved to be than those slain by famine, because these pine away, pierced through for lack of the produce of the open field. ” ​ — Lamentations 4: 6, 9.
ويضيف :‏ « كان قتلى السيف احسن حالا من قتلى المجاعة ؛‏ لأن هؤلاء يذوبون مطعونين لعدم غلة الحقل » .‏ —‏ المراثي ٤ :‏ ​ ٦ ،‏ ٩‏ .‏