Lexicon :: Strong's H3243 - yānaq

“He made him (Israel) ride on the high places of the earth,

And he ate the produce of the field;

And He made him suck honey from the rock,

And [olive] oil from the flinty rock,

‘Outside the sword will bereave,

And inside [the chambers] terror—

For both young man and virgin,

For the nursing child and the man of gray hair.

“They will call the peoples to the mountain (Mount Carmel);

There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they will draw out the abundance of the seas,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

“Why did the knees receive me?

And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

“He sucks the poison of vipers [which ill-gotten wealth contains];

The viper’s tongue slays him.

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries,

That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease.

“Oh, that you were like a brother to me,

Who nursed at the breasts of my mother.

If I found you out of doors, I would kiss you;

No one would blame me or despise me, either.

And the nursing child will [safely] play over the hole of the cobra,

And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den [and not be hurt].

“Kings will be your attendants,

And their princesses your nurses.

They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth

And lick the dust of your feet;

And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the LORD;

For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.

“You will suck the milk of the [Gentile] nations

And suck the breast (abundance) of kings;

Then you will recognize and know that I, the LORD, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts,

That you may drink deeply and be delighted with her bountiful bosom.”

My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah],

My spirit is deeply disturbed;

My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief]

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem],

When little ones and infants faint

In the streets of the city.

Even the jackals offer the breast,

They nurse their young;

But the daughter of my people has become cruel

Like ostriches in the wilderness [that desert their young].

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,

Assemble the elders,

Gather the children and the nursing infants.

Let the bridegroom come out of his room

And the bride out of her bridal chamber. [No one is excused from the assembly.]