Lamentations 4:9

The Message

Better to have been killed in battle than killed by starvation. Better to have died of battle wounds than to slowly starve to death.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:10

“Son of man, speak to Israel. Tell them, ‘You’ve said, “Our rebellions and sins are weighing us down. We’re wasting away. How can we go on living?”’

Ezekiel 4:16

Then he said to me, “Son of man, I’m going to cut off all food from Jerusalem. The people will live on starvation rations, worrying where the next meal’s coming from, scrounging for the next drink of water. Famine conditions. People will look at one another, see nothing but skin and bones, and shake their heads. This is what sin does.”