耶利米哀歌 4:9
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Context
This verse from 耶利米哀歌 Chapter 4 connects to 4 cross-references. 托拉和睚珥先后作以色列的士师，各二十三年和二十二年。以色列人再次悖逆，神将他们交在非利士人和亚扪人手中；他们哭号，神说：「你们去求你们所选择的神罢。」以色列人除掉外邦神，神因他们的痛苦而忧愁。
其他译本
They that are slain with the sword are better than they that are slain with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.
Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
Those who have been put to the sword are better off than those whose death is caused by need of food; for these come to death slowly, burned up like the fruit of the field.
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