Lamentations 4:10

The hands of the pitiful nashim 1 have cooked their own yeladim; 1 they were their meat 1 in the destruction of the Bat Ami. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9They that are slain with the cherev 1 are better than they that are slain with hunger; 1 for these pine away, 1 being pierced for want of the increase of the sadeh. 1

11Hashem hath accomplished His fury; 1 He hath poured out His charon af, 1 and hath kindled an eish in Tziyon, 1 and it hath devoured the yesodot thereof. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:53And thou shalt eat the pri of thine own womb, the basar of thy banim and of thy banot, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee, in the matzor (siege), and in the desperate straits, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee;

2 Kings 6:29So we cooked beni (my son), and did eat him; and I said unto her on the yom ha'acher (the day after), Give thy ben, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her ben.

Isaiah 49:15Can an isha forget her nursing baby, 1 that she should not have rachamim on her ben beten? 1 Indeed, they may forget, 1 yet I will not forget thee. 1

Lamentations 2:20Look, Hashem, and consider 1 to whom Thou hast done this. 1 Shall the nashim eat their offspring, 1 the children they have cared for? 1 Shall the Kohen and the Navi 1 be slain in the Mikdash Adonoi? 1

Lamentations 4:3Even the jackals offer the breast; 1 they nurse their young ones; 1 the Bat Ami is become heartless, 1 like the ostriches in the midbar. 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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