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.
Selama pengepungan oleh orang Babilon, kelaparan di Yerusalem sebegitu parahnya sehingga para ibu yang biasanya beriba hati menjadi kejam kepada anak - anaknya sendiri, sama seperti burung unta di padang belantara.