Gimel
“Even the jackals
Offer their breast.
They nurse
Their young.
But my people
Have become cruel,
Like the ostriches
In the wilderness.”
How do you care for the young children and infants? This author points out that even the wild jackals nurse their young infants. However, his people, meaning those left in Jerusalem, have become cruel. They are more like the ostriches in the desert wilderness. Somehow ostriches were considered cruel. This verse starts with the Hebrew consonant letter Gimel in this acrostic poem.
