Lamentations 4:3

Even 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Bnei Tziyon, 1 comparable to fine gold, 1 how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, 1 the work of the hands of the yotzer (potter)! 1

4The leshon of the nursing infant 1 cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; 1 the olalim beg for lechem, 1 and no man giveth it unto them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:52And it shall besiege thee in all thy she'arim, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trusted, throughout all thy land; and it shall besiege thee in all thy she'arim throughout all thy land, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee.

2 Kings 6:26And as Melech Yisroel was passing by upon the chomah (wall), there cried out an isha unto him, saying, Hoshi'a (save), adoni HaMelech!

Job 39:16She treats harshly her banim, as though they were not hers; 1 though her labor should be in vain, yet she is without pachad (fear, care), 1

Jeremiah 19:9And I will cause them to eat the basar of their banim and the basar of their banot, and they shall eat every one the basar of his re'a in the siege and desperation, wherewith their oyevim, and they that seek their nefesh, shall drive them to despair.

Lamentations 4:10The 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

Luke 23:28And having turned to them, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said, Benot HaYerushalayim (Daughters of Yerushalayim), stop weeping for me; weep for yourselves and for your yeladim,

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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