Endnote 6 – Milk and Honey

Similarly, Psalm 22:10–11 (English Versions 9–10) describes Yahweh as the patron deity of childbirth and breast-feeding, while Isaiah 49:15 and Psalm 131:2 compare the love between God and Israel to that between a mother and her suckling child. Reversing the flow, Christian art often depicts a human female suckling God himself!