Lamentations 4:3

New English Translation

³Even the jackals^[a] nurse their young
at their breast,^[b]
but my people^[c] are cruel,
like ostriches^[d] in the wilderness.

Lamentations 4:3 tn The noun תַּנִּין (tannin) means “jackals.” The plural ending ־ִין (-in) is diminutive (GKC 242 §87.e) (e.g., Lam 1:4).
Lamentations 4:3 tn Heb “draw out the breast and suckle their young.”
Lamentations 4:3 tn Heb “the daughter of my people.”
Lamentations 4:3 tc The MT Kethib form כִּי עֵנִים (ki ʿenim) is by all accounts a variation from an original text of כַּיְעֵנִים (kayʿenim, “like ostriches”) which is preserved in the Qere and the medieval Hebrew mss, and reflected in the LXX.

Lamentations 4:3

New International Version

³Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.^(A)

New English Translation (NET)

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