0 What type of bird did the author of Lamentations call cruel?

And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. Leviticus 15:24

Trivia: In Leviticus 27, human life is given a monetary value. How much are fetuses and babies less than one month old worth?

What type of bird did the author of Lamentations call cruel?


The ostrich

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. Genesis 4:3

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