Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Song of Solomon 7:10
I am — This and the following verses contain the words of the bride, in answer to the bridegroom's endearing expressions delivered in the foregoing verses.
I am — This and the following verses contain the words of the bride, in answer to the bridegroom's endearing expressions delivered in the foregoing verses.
Verse 10. _I_ AM _MY BELOVED'S, AND HIS DESIRE_ IS _TOWARD ME._] It is worthy of remark that the word which we translate _his desire_ is the very same used Genesis 3:16: _Thy desire_, thy ruling appe...
A brief dialogue; Song of Solomon 7:6 are spoken by the king, Song of Solomon 7:9 and Song of Solomon 7:10 by the bride....
CHAPTER 7 The rapturous outburst in praise of the bride, the saved and glorified remnant of Israel, with which this chapter begins, must not be put into the lips of the bridegroom, the Messiah-King. I...
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4. THE DANCING BRIDE AND THE RAPTURE OF LOVE. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we have fir...
I AM MY BELOVED'S. I belong to my beloved: referring to her beloved shepherd. The Shulamite speaks, and thus gently but firmly refuses the king's advances....
Song of Solomon 7:7 Chap. Song of Solomon 8:4. The King and the Shepherdess the last Assault We may suppose that after her attendants have completed the Shulammite's adornment, and have finished thei...
In this verse the bride openly rejects the king whom she had already tacitly rejected, saying, -I belong to my beloved alone, and he on his part longs after me only." As Oettli says, the words should...
HIS DESIRE IS TOWARD ME— _Is fixed upon me._ New Translation. See ch. Song of Solomon 2:16 Song of Solomon 6:3....
TEXT 7:1-10 _Solomon; Song of Solomon 7:1-9_ (Song of Solomon 7:1-5 may be remarks of women attendants) _Shulammite_ (interrupting the King); Song of Solomon 7:9 b -...
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 convert...
1-6. The _wasf_ begins with a eulogy of her dancing: her steps in sandals (RV) are lovely, and the circling movements of her body are graceful as ornamental chains. In Eastern dancing the twisting and...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 7 THE MAN V1 You have *sandals on your feet. Your feet are as beautiful as the feet of a prince’s daughter!...
I AM MY BELOVED’S. — This verse ends a section, not, as in the Authorised Version, begins one....
_[Song of Solomon 7:11]_ אֲנִ֣י לְ דֹודִ֔י וְ עָלַ֖י
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;...
(d) I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me. (d) This the spouse speaks....
_Turning. The Church is submissive to Jesus Christ, and is entirely actuated by the Spirit. (Calmet) --- She takes the words, as it were out of his mouth, (ver. 9.) and answers, worthy, &c., acknowled...
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. Here we have, once again, the church rejoicing; in the consciousness that she is the property of Jesus. And here she adds a delightful consideration to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of grace and c...
I [AM] MY BELOVED'S,.... These are the words of the church, strongly expressing the assurance of faith she had of her union to Christ, and interest in him; which shows that "that" grace is attainable,...
I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me. Ver. 10. I am my beloved's.] I see I am so, saith the spouse, by that ample commendation that he hath now again given me, notwithstanding all my fo...
_I am my beloved's_ This and the following verses contain the words of the bride, in answer to the bridegroom's endearing expressions delivered in the foregoing verses. _Let us go forth into the field...
I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me, a joyful exclamation showing how sure she is of His love, and how safe she feels in its possession. She, therefore, invites the Bridegroom:...
The Bride's Answer to the Lord. Even at the end of the last paragraph the bride had caught tip the words of the Bridegroom, stating, on her part, that the Word of her message, of the Gospel-truth, wa...
10-13 The church, the believing soul, triumphs in its relation to Christ, and interest in him. She humbly desires communion with him. Let us walk together, that I may receive counsel, instruction, an...
This and the following verses contain the words of the bride, in answer to the Bridegroom's most endearing expressions delivered in the foregoing verses. HIS DESIRE IS TOWARD ME; I perceive, and am fu...
Song of Solomon 7:10 beloveds H1730 desire H8669 my - Song of Solomon 2:16, Song of Solomon 6:3;...
CONTENTS: Further description of the beauties of the Bride. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: The Bride of Christ bears the image of the King of Kings and in the beauty of hol...
Song of Solomon 7:1. _How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, oh prince's daughter!_ We find the term “king's daughter,” in Psalms 45:13. The church has assurance that the Lord her Maker is her husband...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 7:10 The context indicates that DESIRE here refers to sexual desire. The thought of the man desiring her gives the shepherdess pleasure....
SHULAMITE’S JOYFUL SELF-SURRENDER Song of Solomon 7:10 I am my beloved’s, And his desire is towards me. With her love, Shulamite’s whole self is given to her Beloved. The heart given, all is given....
NOTES Song of Solomon 7:13. _The mandrakes give a smell_. ‘Mandrakes.’ הַדּוּדָיִם _ha-dudhaim;_ plural of דוּדַי a love-apple, from דּוּד to love. So GESENIUS and others. ‘A mandragora (_Atropa mand...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET IN SANDALS, O PRINCE'S DAUGHTER! THE JOINTS OF THY THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF A CUNNING WORKMAN. To the ladies who are...
Now the daughters of Jerusalem address themselves to the Shulamite and they say, How beautiful are thy feet with shoes (Song of Solomon 7:1), Or within thy sandals. O prince's daughter! the joints o...
1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Acts 27:23; Galatians 2:20;...