Lamentations 4:3

Even the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs, but 1 the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the desert. 1

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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 were worth their weight in pure gold, 1 but now they are worth no more than clay jars, the work of the potter's hands! 1

4The tongue of the nursing baby sticks to the roof of his mouth by thirst; 1 the children ask for food, but there is none for them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:52They will besiege you in all your city gates, until your high and fortified walls come down everywhere in your land, walls in which you had trusted. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout all the land that Yahweh your God had given you.

2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my master, king.”

Job 39:16She deals roughly with her young ones as if they were not hers; 1 she does not fear that her labor might have been in vain, 1

Jeremiah 19:9I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters; each man will consume the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the anguish brought on them by their enemies and the ones seeking their lives.”'

Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; 1 they became their food during the time 1 when the daughter of my people was being destroyed. 1

Luke 23:28But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for 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 →

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