Gimel. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert.
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Lamentations 4:3
Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
Parallel Translations
GIMEL. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert.
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.
Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Cross References
Ezekiel 5:10Luke 23:28–29Lamentations 2:20Lamentations 4:10Jeremiah 19:9Leviticus 26:29Deuteronomy 28:52–572 Kings 6:26–29Job 39:13–16Isaiah 49:15Romans 1:31
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