The nurturing and intimate nature of a mother's love is often symbolized through the image of a breast, as seen in Isaiah 66:11, where comfort and solace are promised. In Psalms 22:9, the psalmist recalls being nursed at his mother's breast, highlighting the vulnerability and trust of infancy. Proverbs 5:18-19 warns against the dangers of adultery, using the metaphor of a wife's breast to describe the joy and intimacy of a faithful marriage. Additionally, Hosea 9:14 and Luke 23:29 reference breasts in the context of lament and woe, emphasizing the depth of sorrow and despair.
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May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
Give them, O LORD— what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!
Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.