Paps are, in the Oneirocritics,f1 explained of sons and daughters; and the symbol is very adequate; the breasts being designed for the nurture of children. Hence Job, to express that a man hath great substance to uphold his family, saith * His breasts are full of milk,* chap. . And in , *a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts,* signify loss or want of children.
F1 Artem. L. i. c. 43; L. iv. c. 37; and the Indian, c. 80.
Eze 23:21 (c) This is plainly a type of the lusts of the flesh. These immoralities were always connected with idolatry, and especially so where the idol was a woman or a female. Physical lusts are an integral part of many false religions.
Rev 1:13 (a) Our Lord JESUS loves His children deeply and eternally. This type is used to reveal to us His wonderful affection, the fullness of His heart toward His church. The golden girdle represents the purity of that love, and the permanence of it.
Breasts; bosoms.
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the PAPS which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. (-28)