Lamentations 4:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ The guilt of my cherished people surpasses the sin of Sodom,
    which was overthrown in a moment,
        without a hand to help her.

⁷ Her princes^[a] were purer than snow,
    whiter than milk.
Their bodies were more ruddy^[b] than rubies,
    their beards like the color of precious stones.

⁸ Now their faces are blacker than coal;
    they are unrecognized in the streets.
Their skin clings to their bones;
    it has become dry like a stick.