Study note

Job 39:14–16

The ostrich symbolizes neglect for her young because she (Lamentations 4:3):

  1. Leaves her eggs on the ground.

  2. Seems to abandon her eggs when a predator comes near. She is probably trying to distract the predator from the nest.

  3. Lays her eggs with other female ostrich in a shared nest, so many eggs are not her own.