Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Song of Solomon 8:8
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? when suitors for her hand would appear.
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? when suitors for her hand would appear.
Verse Song of Solomon 8:8. _WE HAVE A LITTLE SISTER_] This young girl belonged most probably to the _bride_. _SHE HATH NO BREASTS_] She is not yet marriageable. _WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR OUR SISTER_] Ho...
A brief dialogue commencing with a question and answer probably made by brothers of the bride concerning a younger sister who will soon be old enough to be asked in marriage. The answer is given in th...
CHAPTER 8 The last chapter of the Song is a review of the whole. There is unquestionably a recapitulation of the entire book. The bride's desires are once more given to be loved and caressed by Him. F...
THE SONG OF THE LITTLE SISTER. Whether part of the story or as a fragment of a song, Song of Solomon 8:8 introduces the brothers of a young woman speaking, as her guardians, and telling of their anxie...
WE HAVE. One of the brothers now speaks. WE HAVE. LITTLE SISTER. Our sister is still young. SHE HATH NO BREASTS. The idiom for not yet marriageable. This is what the brothers had once said in earlie...
TEXT 8:5-14 _FIFTH SCENEThe Homeward Journey, Song of Solomon 8:5-14_ Villagers (or the Shepherd's Companions): Inquiry, Song of Solomon 8:5 a _The Lovers:_ Dialogue,...
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? WE HAVE A LITTLE SISTER - the Gentile Church (). "We," i:e., the Hebrew Ch...
MEMORIES. THE CLOSE 5. The chorus enquire who this happy bride may be. And the bridegroom points her to the apple-tree where he had once found her asleep, and to the spot where she was born. These ar...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 8 THE WOMAN V1 I wish that you were like my brother. My mother fed him at her breasts....
After such serious matters, the poet returns to the subject of children. The woman’s brothers were cruel to her. They forced her to work hard (1:6). But that is not a proper way for brothers to behav...
WE HAVE A LITTLE SISTER. — Commentators are almost all at one in the feeling that the poem properly ends with Song of Solomon 8:7. Those who construct the poem on the plan of a drama can find no prope...
אָחֹ֥ות לָ֨נוּ֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְ שָׁדַ֖יִם אֵ֣ין...
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, tho...
C. The United Life (Song of Solomon 7:10; Song of Solomon 8:1) I. The Bride (Song of Solomon 7:10;...
(e) We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? (e) The Jewish Church speaks this of the Church of the Gentiles....
_Our sister. Christ styles the Church his own and the synagogue's sister, promising her many benefits. (Worthington) --- The relations of the spouse wish to have her married, though she seemed young,...
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? (9) If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she b...
SUMMARY TO THE SONG OF SOLOMON Chapter 8 stands by itself, and appears to me to recapitulate the principles of the whole book. It returns to the foundation of that which gave rise to all these exercis...
WE HAVE A LITTLE SISTER,.... Which seems to be the Gentile church, so called by the Jewish church; for as the church catholic, or universal, with respect to its parts, is called a mother, as often in...
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? Ver. 8. _We have a little sister._] Thou, Lord, and I have such a sister - _...
_We have a little sister_ These are still the words of the bride. The present church, which was that of the Jews, speaks of another future church, which was to consist of the Gentiles, which she calls...
8-12 The church pleads for the Gentiles, who then had not the word of God, nor the means of grace. Those who are brought to Christ themselves, should contrive what they may do to help others to him....
These are manifestly the words of the bride, still continuing her speech. The present church, which was that of the Jews, speaks of another future church, which was to consist of the Gentiles, which s...
Song of Solomon 8:8 little H6996 sister H269 breasts H7699 do H6213 (H8799) sister H269 day H3117 for H1696
Solomon's new WIFE speaking on behalf of her family and looking to Solomon's wisdom (verse 2). _ “We have a little sister, And she has no breasts, What shall we do for our sister, In the day when she...
WE HAVE The reference here is obscure....
CONTENTS: The affections between the Bridegroom and His Bride. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are espoused to the Lord Jesus, should desire constant intimacy and...
Song of Solomon 8:1. _Oh that thou wert as my brother._ The Chaldaic is a metaphrase of the text. “In the time that king Messiah shall be revealed to the congregation of Israel, they shall say to him,...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 The Lovers Join in Marriage. The pair have gone from yearning to be joined together, to actually being married and consummating their union. The tension of...
NOTES Song of Solomon 8:9. _If she be a wall, we well build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar_. ‘If she be a wall.’ חוֹמָה _khomah_, from the...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 8:1 Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; and none would despise me. I would lead thee,...
The bride continues her song. O that thou wert as my brother, that nursed upon the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. I would lead...
1 Peter 2:12; Acts 10:1; Acts 11:1; Acts 15:14; Acts 16:9;...
We — These are still the words of the bride. The present church, which was that of the Jews, speaks of a future church, which was to consist of the Gentiles, which she calls little, because she was th...