The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
The Prophet shows us the horror of it: a nursing infant's tongue stuck fast to the roof of his mouth from thirst, something against nature itself, for mothers would shed their own blood to feed their young. He speaks of children three or four years old begging for bread, finding none. This famine was predicted, yet the Jews would not believe it.
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Jerusalem, once splendid as fine gold, has become dull and worthless dross. The temple's gold was sullied in the fire, its precious stones scattered like rubbish through the streets. When God withdrew His presence through provoked judgment, no wonder the sanctuary itself was profaned and cast down.
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Commenting on Lamentations 4:1-12
The sucking child's tongue cleaves to the roof of his mouth because the mother's milk, which is both food and drink, has failed. The weaned children ask for bread as they always do, not knowing there is famine in the city. No one, father, friend, or any other, can break bread to them because they have none themselves.
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