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Lam_4:3 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.
Ver. 3. Even the sea monsters.] {a} Heb., Whales or seals, which, being amphibii, have both a willingness and a place convenient to suckle their whelps.
The daughter of my people is become cruel.] She is so perforce, being destitute of milk for want of food, but much more by feeding upon them. {Lam_4:10; Lam_2:20} Oh, what a mercy is it to have meat! and how inexcusable are those unnatural mothers that neglect to nurse their children, not out of want, but wantonness! Surely as there is a blessing of the womb to bring forth, so of the breasts to give suck; {Gen_49:25} and the dry breasts and barren womb have been taken for a curse, {Hos_9:14} as some interpret that text.
{a} Lamiae. - Vulg.