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. Lamentations 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.