Lamentations 4:10

י (Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women ¹  cooked their own children, who became their food, ²  when my people ³  were destroyed. ⁴ 

With their own hands compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food when my people were destroyed.

The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children and eaten them in order to survive the siege.

Nice and kindly women boiled their own children for supper. This was the only food in town when my dear people were broken.

The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

The hands of compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became their food in the destruction of my people.

The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children; They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people.

י (Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women ¹  cooked their own children, who became their food, ²  when my people ³  were destroyed. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “the hands of compassionate women.”

² tn Heb “eating.” The infinitive construct (from I בָּרָה, barah) is translated as a noun. Three passages employ the verb (2 Sam 3:35; 12:17; 13:5,6,10) for eating when ill or in mourning.

³ tn Heb “the daughter of my people.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”