13  “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,

but are they the pinions and plumage of love?¹

14  For she leaves her eggs to the earth

and lets them be warmed on the ground,

15  forgetting that a foot may crush them

and that the wild beast may trample them.

16  She ^odeals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;

though her ^plabor be in vain, yet she has no fear,

17  because God has made her forget wisdom

and ^qgiven her no share in understanding.