Lamentations 4:3

Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, 1 They give suck to their young, 1 The daughters of my people are incurably cruel, 1 As an ostrich in a desert. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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 in the wilderness.

In Context

2The precious sons of Zion, 1 Who were equaled in value with gold, 1 How are they counted as earthen vessels, 1 The works of the hands of the potter! 1

4The tongue of the sucking child 1 Cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: 1 The little children ask for bread, 1 And there is none to break it to them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:52and have utterly crushed thee in thy cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which thou trustest, in all thy land; and it shall afflict thee in thy cities, which he has given to thee.

2 Kings 6:26And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

Job 39:16She has hardened herself against her young ones, as though she bereaved not herself: 1 She labors in vain without fear. 1

Jeremiah 19:9And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbor in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.

Lamentations 4:10The hands of tenderhearted women 1 Have sodden their own children: 1 They became meat for them 1 In the destruction of the daughter of my people. 1

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 →

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