Lamentations 4:3

New Living Translation

Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people Israel. They ignore their children’s cries, like ostriches in the desert.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:21

And in the morning when I tried to nurse my son, he was dead! But when I looked more closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn’t my son at all.”

Isaiah 13:22

Hyenas will howl in its fortresses, and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces. Babylon’s days are numbered; its time of destruction will soon arrive.

Isaiah 34:13

Thorns will overrun its palaces; nettles and thistles will grow in its forts. The ruins will become a haunt for jackals and a home for owls.

Isaiah 49:15

“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!

Jeremiah 19:9

I will see to it that your enemies lay siege to the city until all the food is gone. Then those trapped inside will eat their own sons and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.’

Lamentations 2:20

“O Lord, think about this! Should you treat your own people this way? Should mothers eat their own children, those they once bounced on their knees? Should priests and prophets be killed within the Lord’s Temple?

Lamentations 4:10

Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children. They have eaten them to survive the siege.

Ezekiel 5:10

Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive.

Leviticus 26:29

Then you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

Romans 1:31

They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy.