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

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. Genesis 7:22

Trivia: Who was the first human to kill an animal in the Bible?

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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