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She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
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Verse 16. Ones, or eggs which she leaves. Calmet.—Ælian (xiv. 6.) asserts that this bird will expose her own life to defend her young. Yet the neglect of her eggs, will suffice to make her deemed cruel. Lamentations 4:3. Bible.—Her. Other birds leave their nests through fear; ( Calmet.) but this, after sitting a while, will depart carelessly, ( Bible.) and if she meet with other eggs on her road, will take to them, thus rendering her own useless. Bochart.
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