unfoldingWord_en_tn/lam/04/03.md

# General Information:

Because of the lack of food in the city, the people of Jerusalem do not give their children all they need.

# the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs

This means that mother jackals feed their baby jackals.

# jackals

fierce wild dogs

# the daughter of my people ... like the ostriches in the desert

The people in Jerusalem are compared to ostriches because they are cruel to their children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# the daughter of my people has

This is a poetic name for Jerusalem, which is spoken of here as if it were a woman. See how you translated this in [Lamentations 2:11](../02/11.md). Alternate translation: "my people have" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# ostriches

large birds that abandon some of their eggs