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

I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 1:6

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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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