 This verse portrays the Israelites, God's people, as a helpless baby in need of mother's milk. In essence, God is saying, I'm there for you the way a mother is there for a babe not yet weaned. Now, it's almost unfathomable that a mother would ignore her hungry baby. I mean, it's unthinkable, right? But it does happen. But I want you to know this. God has not forgotten you.