How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Song of Solomon 7:1 THY FEET - rather, thy goings (Psalms 17:5). There is evident allusion to this in Isaiah 52:7 - "How beautiful ... are the feet of... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. NAVEL - rather, girdle-clasp, called from the part of the person underneath. The "shoes" () prove that dress is throughout presupposed on all parts where it is usually worn. She... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. TWO BREASTS. The daughters of Jerusalem describe her in the same terms as Jesus Christ in . The testimonies of heaven and earth coincide. TWO YOUNG ROES ... TWINS - faith and love.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. NECK ... TOWER OF IVORY. In Jesus Christ saith, a tower of David builded for an armoury." Strength and conquest are the main th... [ Continue Reading ]
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. HEAD UPON THEE - the head-dress "upon" her. CARMEL - signifying a well-cultivated field (Isaiah 35:2). In Song of Solomon 5:15 He is compared to majestic Lebanon; she here, to fruitfu... [ Continue Reading ]
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! HOW FAIR ... ART THOU, O LOVE! Nearer advance of the daughters to the Church (; , end). Love to her is the first token of love to Him. (, end). DELIGHTS - fascinating charms to them and to the King (; , Hepbzi-bah). Hereafter, too ().... [ Continue Reading ]
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. PALM TREE - () The sure sign of water near (). CLUSTERS - not of dates, as Moody Stuart thinks. The parallelism (), "clusters of the vine," shows it is here clusters of grapes, as the English version. Vines were of... [ Continue Reading ]
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; GO UP TO THE PALM TREE ... TAKE HOLD OF THE BOUGHS THEREOF. The daughters are no longer content to admire, but resolve to l... [ Continue Reading ]
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. ROOF OF THY MOUTH - thy voice (). BEST WINE - the new wine of the Gospel kingdom (), poured out at Pentecost. FOR MY BELOVED - (.) Here first the daughters... [ Continue Reading ]
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. I AM MY BELOVED'S. Words of the daughters of Jerusalem and the bride, now united into one (). They are mentioned again distinctly, , as fresh converts were being added from among inquirers, and these needed to be charged not to grieve the Holy Spir... [ Continue Reading ]
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. FIELD - the country. "The field (of the Gospel kingdom) is the world" (). Into this world-wide field the Church, in "going forth" according to her Lord's command (), begs her Lord's presence with her, according to her... [ Continue Reading ]
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. LET US GET UP EARLY - making the most of time and opportunity (). Assurance fosters diligence, not indolence.... [ Continue Reading ]
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. MANDRAKES - Hebrew, duwdaa'iym (H1736), from duwd, or yaadad, meaning to love-apples supposed to exhilarate the spirits and excite love. Only here and Genesis... [ Continue Reading ]