Lamentations 4:3

ג (Gimel) Even the jackals ¹  nurse their young at their breast, ²  but my people ³  are cruel, like ostriches ⁴  in the desert.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my people have become heartless like ostriches in the desert.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people Israel. They ignore their children’s cries, like the ostriches of the desert.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

Even wild jackals nurture their babies, give them their breasts to suckle. But my people have turned cruel to their babies, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

SABDAweb Lam 4:3

Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.

bibleoremus Lam 4:3

Even the jackals offer the breast and nurse their young, but my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young; But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

ג (Gimel) Even the jackals ¹  nurse their young at their breast, ²  but my people ³  are cruel, like ostriches ⁴  in the desert.

¹ tn The noun תַּנִּין (tannin) means “jackals.” The plural ending ־ִין (-in) is diminutive (GKC 242 §87.e) (e.g., Lam 1:4).

² tn Heb “draw out the breast and suckle their young.”

³ tn Heb “the daughter of my people.”

⁴ tc The MT Kethib form כִּי עֵנִים (ki ’enim) is by all accounts a textual corruption for כַּיְעֵנִים (kay’enim, “like ostriches”) which is preserved in the Qere and the medieval Hebrew mss, and reflected in the LXX.