10 With their own hands compassionate women

have cooked their own children,

who became their food

when my people were destroyed.

10 The hands of compassionate women

have boiled their own children;

they became their food

during the destruction of the daughter of my people.

10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: They were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

10 Tenderhearted women

have cooked their own children.

They have eaten them

to survive the siege.

10 With their own hands kind women

cook their own children.

They became food

when my people were destroyed.

10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children;

They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

10 The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.

10 The hands of loving mothers cooked their own children. 

The children were used for food by my people 

when they were being destroyed ⸤by a blockade⸥. 

10 The hands of compassionate women

have cooked their own children;

they became their food

during the destruction of my dear people.

10 The hands of compassionate women

have boiled their own children;

they became their food

in the destruction of my people.

10 The hands of compassionate women,

have cooked their children;

they became as something to eat

in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

10 With their own hands, loving mothers

have had to cook even their own children.

They ate their children

when my people were destroyed.

10 The hands of compassionate women

Boiled their own children;

They became food for them

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.