The YOUNG WIFE continues, but now there is a desire to enter more deeply into what her beloved can offer her, for she is aware of his great wisdom. She still wants to kiss him and bring him to her mother's house, but now she also wants to be instructed by him as she lies in his arms. _ “Oh that you... [ Continue Reading ]
_ “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That you stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.”_ Once more the bride adjures the daughters of Jerusalem not to stir up her love until it please her beloved (compare Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:5). But the roe-deer and the hinds are no... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HAPPY COUPLE RETURN TO JERUSALEM IN FULL HARMONY. General question. _ “Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved?”_ The Beloved speaks to his bride. _ “Under the apple-tree I aroused you, There your mother was in birth pains with you, There she was in birth pains w... [ Continue Reading ]
_ “Set me as a seal on your heart, As a seal on your arm, For love is strong as death, Jealousy is cruel as Sheol, Its flashes are flashes of fire, A very flame of Yah. Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can floods drown it If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utter... [ Continue Reading ]
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 shall be spoken for?”_ Her BELOVED gives his judgment as a new member of the family. _ “If she be... [ Continue Reading ]
THE YOUNG WIFE WILL KEEP THE FRUITS OF HER VINEYARD WHOLLY FOR HER BELOVED. The song of songs now approaches its close with a vivid illustration of the efforts that the young wife will now make to ensure that she is ‘perfect' for her beloved. In Song of Solomon 1:6 b she had failed to ‘keep' her pe... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONG ENDS AS IT BEGAN WITH THE YOUNG WOMAN, NOW HIS WIFE, OFFERING HERSELF TO HIM TO BE HIS COMPLETELY. The song now finishes with the young woman, who is now his beloved wife, calling on her beloved, (as she had at the beginning - Song of Solomon 1:2), and telling him that ‘the companions' (the... [ Continue Reading ]