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Song of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, injuring the roots and gnawing the young shoots; for our vines have tender grapes, literally, "our vineyards are in bloom. "
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, injuring the roots and gnawing the young shoots; for our vines have tender grapes, literally, "our vineyards are in bloom. "
Verse 15. _TAKE US THE FOXES_] That these were ruinous to vines all authors allow. They love the vine, and they are eaten in autumn in some countries, according to _Galen_, when they are very fat wit...
The bride relates to the chorus a visit which the beloved had paid her some time previously in her native home. He on a fair spring morning solicits her company. The bride, immersed in rustic toils, r...
CHAPTER 2 The voice of the bride is heard again in the opening verses of this chapter; some understand it as meaning the Messiah speaking of Himself as the Rose and the Lily of the valley, but it is r...
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 contains one of the most beautiful poems in the whole book; it breathes the air of the fresh spring-time, when, according to our own poet, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thou...
TAKE US. Catch for us. The Shulamite here quotes the words of her brothers (p. 923). THE... THE. No Art. here in the Hebrew. VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES. vineyards are in bloom....
Song of Solomon 2:8-17. The Beloved comes The scene is evidently changed from Jerusalem to some royal residence in the country. The lover, like the Shulammite herself, belongs to the northern hills;...
In answer to her lover's request that she should let him hear her voice the bride sings a fragment of a vineyard-watcher's song. Probably, as Oettli suggests, he had heard her sing it before, and woul...
TAKE US THE FOXES—THAT SPOIL THE VINES— More literally, _spoil the vineyards;—for our vineyards,_ &c. Foxes abound in Judaea, and are observed by a multitude of authors to love grapes, and to make gre...
TEXT 2:15-17 b. Intervention of the Brothers Song of Solomon 2:15-17 Their behest, Song of Solomon 2:15; Her avowal, Song of Solomon 2:16; Her request to the shepherd,
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Transition to the vineyard, often formed in "stairs" () or terraces, in which, amidst the vine leaves, f...
He compares her eyes to doves. Eastern women spend much pains on their eyes, painting them round with kohl to add to their apparent size and increase their expressiveness. And the comparison of maiden...
A VISIT AND AN INVITATION 8-13 After an interval she relates one of his visits to her home. He comes swiftly and easily; hills and mountains are no obstacle. He stands behind the wall of her mother's...
1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers (Isaiah 35:2), and travellers continue to re...
TAKE US THE FOXES. — Possibly this is a verse of a familiar country song, introduced here from the suggestion of the “sweet voice” in the last verse; but more probably to be compared to the “avaunt” s...
אֶֽחֱזוּ ־לָ֨נוּ֙ שֽׁוּעָלִ֔ים שֽׁוּעָלִ֥ים קְטַנִּ֖ים מְחַבְּלִ֣ים...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
B. The Betrothal (Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon
Take for us the foxes, the (i) little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. (i) Suppress the heretics while they are young, that is, when they begin to show their malice, a...
_Foxes. They hurt vines, (Theoc. 5.) and denote false prophets, Ezechiel xiii. 4. (St. Augustine) (Psalm lxxx.) --- For. Hebrew, "and our vines of Semadar," ver. 13. (Calmet) --- Foxes breed in spring...
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. It should seem that Christ is in this verse giving direction to his servants, perhaps the pastors in his ch...
_LITTLE FAULTS THAT SPOIL OUR LIVES_ ‘Little foxes that spoil the vines.’ Song of Solomon 2:15 I. LITTLE FAULTS ARE LIKE THE LITTLE FOXES SO PLENTIFUL IN PALESTINE, WHICH DESTROY THE FRUITFULNESS O...
The first six Verses (omitting the second) of chapter 2 (Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 2:3-6) appear to me to be the voice of the bride. They have been differently understood, but (I think) wro...
TAKE US THE FOXES,.... Of which there were great numbers in Judea; see Judges 15:4; these words are directed not to angels, nor to civil magistrates, but to ministers of the word; but whether the word...
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. Ver. 15. _Take us the foxes, the little foxes,_] _i.e., _ The heretics and schismatics. For as fox cubs...
_Take us_ The bridegroom gives this charge to his bridemen or friends. By whom he understands those magistrates and ministers to whom, under Christ, the custody of the vineyards, of the churches, prin...
14-17 The church is Christ's dove; she returns to him, as her Noah. Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can think herself safe, and find herself easy, as a dove in the hole of a rock, when struck a...
The Bridegroom gives this charge to his bridemen or friends, whose office it is to attend upon him, and to observe his commands; by whom he understands those magistrates and ministers to whom, under C...
Song of Solomon 2:15 Catch H270 (H8798) foxes H7776 little H6996 foxes H7776 spoil H2254 (H8764) vines H3
THE YOUNG MAIDEN replies. _ “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards, For our vineyards are in blossom. My beloved is mine, and I am his, He feeds his flock among the lilies. Un...
Song of Solomon 2:15 To despise little things is to show oneself utterly ignorant of the philosophy of life. The phrase "little sins," common though it be, is highly unscriptural, highly immoral. In t...
Here we have a dialogue of love between the Lord Jesus and his people. Song of Solomon 2:1. _I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys._ Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be com...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom speaks concerning himself and his Bride. The Bride speaks remembering her satisfaction in her beloved. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Humble souls...
Song of Solomon 2:1. _Sharon_ was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 65:10....
_Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes._ THE LITTLE FOXES The fox in the vineyard is exceedingly destructive. The food of that animal is not mere...
_The voice of my Beloved._ THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED I. When Christ is away from the soul of the believer, he sits alone. Whatever he the mountains of Bether that have come between his soul and Christ...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 FOXES represent difficulties that are threatening their relationship. ⇐...
NOTES Song of Solomon 2:15: _Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines_. שֻׁעָלִים (_shualim_) foxes. So the old translators. Sometimes also used for _jackals_, as Judges 15:4; Psalms...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2 AS A LILY AMONG THORNS, SO IS MY LOVE AMONG THE DAUGHTERS. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My love is beyond...
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys (Song of Solomon 2:1). The bridegroom responds. As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters (Song of Solomon 2:2). The bride...
2 Peter 2:1; Ezekiel 13:4; Luke 13:32; Psalms 80:13; Revelation 2:2;
Take us — The bridegroom gives this charge to his bridemen or friends. By whom he understands those magistrates and ministers to whom, under Christ, the custody of the vineyards, the churches, princip...