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/jit/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. Alternate translation: "my people have" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

ostriches

large birds that abandon some of their eggs