Lexicon :: Strong's H7699 - šaḏ

By the God of your father who will help you,

And by the [fn]Almighty who blesses you

With blessings of the heavens above,

Blessings lying in the deep that couches beneath,

Blessings of the [nursing] breasts and of the [fertile] womb.

“Why did the knees receive me?

And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],

And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;

You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.

“My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrh

Which lies all night between my breasts.

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,

Twins of a gazelle

Which feed among the lilies.

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,

The twins of a gazelle.

“Your stature is like that of a palm tree

And your breasts like its clusters [of dates].

“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.

(The Chorus)

“We have a little sister

And she has no breasts.

What shall we do for our sister

On the day when she is spoken for [in marriage]?

(The Shulammite Bride)

“I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers.

Then I became in the king’s eyes

As one [to be respected and allowed] to find peace.

They say “To whom would He teach knowledge?

And to whom would He explain the message?

Those just weaned from milk?

Those just taken from the breast?

Beat your breasts [in mourning] for the beautiful fields, for the fruitful vine,

“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.”

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].

‘You will drink it and drain it,

Then you will gnaw its fragments

And tear your breasts;

for I have spoken,’ says the Lord GOD.

“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,

For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;

And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face

And her adultery from between her breasts

Give them [the punishment they deserve], O LORD! What will You give?

Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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.]