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# General Information:
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Because of the lack of food in the city, the people of Jerusalem do not give their children all they need.
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# the jackals offer the breast to nurse their cubs
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This means that mother jackals feed their baby jackals.
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# jackals
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fierce wild dogs
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# the daughter of my people ... like the ostriches in the desert
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The people in Jerusalem are compared to ostriches because they are cruel to their children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# the daughter of my people has
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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]])
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# ostriches
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large birds that abandon some of their eggs
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