Guímel

Hasta los chacales ofrecen el pecho
    y dan leche a sus cachorros,
pero mi pueblo[a] ya no tiene sentimientos;
    ¡es como los avestruces del desierto!

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Footnotes

  1. 4:3 mi pueblo. Lit. la hija de mi pueblo; también en vv. 6 y 10.

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

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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.

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

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