^{7 Ref} Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

^{8 Ref} Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

^{9 Ref} 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.