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

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but my dear people have become cruel like ostriches in the wilderness.

Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the women of my people are as cruel as wild ostriches.

biblegateway Lam 4:3

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

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

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.

Even whales uncover the teat and suckle their young; but the daughters of my people are heartless as the ostriches of the desert.

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.

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.

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.