Lamentations 4:3
Even jackals nurse their young at their breasts, but the women of my people have become cruel, like an ostrich in the desert.
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Deuteronomy 28:52They will besiege all the towns in your country, until the high, fortified walls that you trust in have fallen. They will besiege all your towns in your country that the Lord your God has given you.
2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was walking by on the city wall, a woman called out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
Job 39:16She is tough towards her young, acting as if they didn't belong to her. She doesn't care that all her work was for nothing.
Jeremiah 19:9The siege brought by their enemies who want to kill them will be so terrible that I will make them eat each other, even their own sons and daughters.
Lamentations 4:10The hands of loving women have cooked their own children to eat during the destruction of Jerusalem.
Luke 23:28Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me. Weep for yourselves and your children.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13
Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →