Lamentations 2:21

²¹ The child and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, thou hast not spared.

The little bones

In Revelation 10:9, the little book signifies the faculty of perceiving from the Lord the Word's quality. (Apocalypse Explained 616)

The little book to be eaten signifies to be read, and its nature explored, within and without. (Apocalypse Explained 613, 617)