During the Babylonian siege, the famine in Jerusalem became so severe that mothers who would normally have been compassionate became cruel to their own offspring, like ostriches in the wilderness.
بشكل مماثل ،‏ حين بلغ الجوع ذروته اثناء الحصار البابلي ،‏ تحولت الامهات الحنائن الى امهات قاسيات ،‏ كالنعام في البرية .‏