“Let me ask you this: Do you know of any father who would give his son a snake on a plate when he asked for a serving of fish? Of course not!
“Do you know of any parent who would give his hungry child, who asked for food, a plate of rocks instead?
Yahweh responds, “But how could a loving mother forget her nursing child and not deeply love the one she bore? Even if there is a mother who forgets her child, I could never, no never, forget you.
Or when asked for a piece of fish, what parent would offer his child a snake instead?
Do you know of any father who would give his daughter a spider when she had asked for an egg? Of course not!