Lamentations 4:9

The two modes of death experienced in the siege are contrasted.

pine away lit. as mg. flow away.

stricken through See on Jeremiah 37:10, where (mg.) "thrust through" is the same word in the Heb. As the expression seems scarcely applicable to those dying of hunger, the Heb. text is somewhat suspicious, but no obviously satisfactory emendation has been suggested.