Lamentaciones 4

Donne pietose, colle proprie mani, Hanno cotti i loro figliuoli: Quelli sono loro stati per cibo, Nella ruina della figliuola del mio popolo.

Las manos de las mujeres piadosas cocieron á sus hijos; fuéronles comida en el quebrantamiento de la hija de mi pueblo.

The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children. They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.