She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain, without concern,
and forgets that a foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them?
because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has He imparted understanding to her.
The toil of fools wearies them, for they do not even know the way to the city!
Look, O Lord, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, the children who were born healthy? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Even the jackals offer the breast; they nurse their young, yet the daughter of my people has become cruel, like ostriches in the wilderness.
Is it not from the Lord of Hosts that the people labor to feed fire, and the nations weary themselves for nothing?
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, calloused, and unmerciful,