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Lamentations 4:9

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 9 Those slain with the sword are better off than those slain by famine,+
  Those who waste away, who are pierced through for lack of food from the field.

Ezekiel 5:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 “‘I will send against them the deadly arrows of famine to destroy them. The arrows that I send will bring you to ruin.+ I will make the famine worse for you by cutting off your food supply.*+