Adam Clarke Commentary - Lamentations 4:3

Adam Clarke Commentary - Lamentations 4:3 - 4:3

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Lamentations 4:3 - 4:3

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:10 - 4:10
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:17 - 4:17
4:18 - 4:18
4:19 - 4:19
4:20 - 4:20
4:21 - 4:21
4:22 - 4:22

Even the sea monsters draw out the breast - The whales give suck to their young ones. The word תנין tannin, signifies all large and cruel creatures, whether aquatic or terrestrial; and need not here be restrained to the former sort. My Old MS. Bible translates curiously: Not and the cruel bestis that ben clepid Lamya, and thei nakeden ther tetis, geve ther whelpis souken.

Like the ostriches in the wilderness - For her carelessness about her eggs, and her inattention to her young, the ostrich is proverbial.