Lam 4:10 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 10. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children ] . But here there is a reference to mothers eating their own children; and this was done, not by mothers cruel and brutal, but by nashim rachmaniyoth , the compassionate , the tender-hearted mothers . From these horrible scenes it is well to pass with as hasty a step as possible.

‏ Lamentations 4:10

Verse 10. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children] See Clarke on La 2:20. But here there is a reference to mothers eating their own children; and this was done, not by mothers cruel and brutal, but by nashim rachmaniyoth, the compassionate, the tender-hearted mothers. From these horrible scenes it is well to pass with as hasty a step as possible.