Song of Solomon 8:10

The young woman seems pleased with the answer that the people have given. She compares herself to a wall with strong *towers. By the *towers, she means her breasts. This is not how the man described her breasts earlier (7:3). He compared her breasts to small animals. But now she refers to something that everyone considered large.

A woman’s breasts become much larger when she produces milk for a baby. So it is possible that this verse shows that she has a baby. Not everybody agrees about that. But clearly, she is saying that her breasts are strong. And that they will make her family strong. When she does have a baby, that baby will have a good supply of milk. And, as a wall defends a city, so this woman will defend her family well.

The result of this is that she has made her husband content. He is content, and he is safe. The word ‘content’ here is the same as the word for ‘safety’ or ‘peace’. She defends her family well – they are like a peaceful city!