Lamentations 4:3
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Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.

sea monsters.

Lamentations 2:20 Res. Behold, O Lord, and consider whom thou hast thus dealt with: shall women then eat their own fruit, their children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lamentations 4:10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Leviticus 26:29 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

Deuteronomy 28:52-57 And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high wall be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee: . . .

2 Kings 6:26-29 And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, my lord, O king. . . .

Isaiah 49:15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Jeremiah 19:9 And I will feed them with the flesh of their sons, and with the flesh of their daughters: and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege, and in the distress wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

Ezekiel 5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers: and I will execute judgments in thee, and I will scatter thy whole remnant into every wind.

Luke 23:28,29 But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. . . .

like

Job 39:13-16 The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk. . . .

Romans 1:31 Foolish, dissolute: without affection, without fidelity, without mercy.

Context
The Distress of Zion
2Beth. The noble sons of Sion, and they that were clothed with the best gold: how are they esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the potter's hands? 3Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.4Daleth. The tongue of the sucking child hath stuck to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the little ones have asked for bread, and there was none to break it unto them.…
Cross References
Job 39:14
When she leaveth her eggs on the earth, thou perhaps wilt warm them in the dust.

Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, she hath laboured in vain, no fear constraining her.

Isaiah 13:22
And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.

Isaiah 34:13
And thorns and nettles shall grow up in its houses, and the thistle in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be the habitation of dragons, and the pasture of ostriches.

Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.

Ezekiel 5:10
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers: and I will execute judgments in thee, and I will scatter thy whole remnant into every wind.

Lexicon
Even
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

jackals
תַּנִּים֙ (tan·nîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8568: A female jackal

offer
חָ֣לְצוּ (ḥā·lə·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2502: To pull off, to strip, to depart, to deliver, equip, present, strengthen

their breasts
שַׁ֔ד (šaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7699: The breast of a, woman, animal

to nurse
הֵינִ֖יקוּ (hê·nî·qū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3243: To suck, to give milk

their young,
גּוּרֵיהֶ֑ן (gū·rê·hen)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1482: A cub, of the lion

[but] the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

of my people
עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

has become cruel,
לְאַכְזָ֔ר (lə·’aḵ·zār)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 393: Violent, deadly, brave

like an ostrich
כי (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3283: The ostrich

in the wilderness.
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech


Additional Translations
Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.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 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.

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 jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Even the jackals 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 sea-monsters draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.
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