the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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THE MESSAGE
Song of Solomon 8:10
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I am a walland my breasts like towers.So in his eyes I have becomelike one who finds peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, Then I was in his eyes like one who found shalom.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
She
I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace."I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I was to him, as one who brings happiness.
"I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers. Then I became in the king's eyes As one [to be respected and allowed] to find peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, Then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts are as towres: then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers;Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
I am a wall and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
She Speaks: I am a wall around a city, my breasts are towers, and just looking at me brings him great pleasure.
[She]
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; so in his view I am like one who brings peace.I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts are my towers. And he is satisfied with me!
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who has found favor.
The Woman
I am a wall, and my breasts are its towers. My lover knows that with him I find contentment and peace.I was a wall, and my breasts were like the towers, so my betrothed viewed me with great delight.
I was a wall, and my breasts like towers; then I was in His eyes as one finding peace.
Yf I be a wall, & my brestes like towres, then am I as one that hath founde fauoure in his sight.
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers; then was I in his eyes as one to whom good chance had come.
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof; then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found fauour.
I am a wall, and my brestes lyke towres, then was I as one that hath founde fauour in his syght.
I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers [thereof]: then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
I am a wal, and my tetis ben as a tour; sithen Y am maad as fyndynge pees bifore hym.
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers [thereof]: Then I was in his eyes as one that found peace.
I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.
The Beloved:
I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.I am a wall, And my breasts like towers; Then I became in his eyes As one who found peace.
Young Woman
I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees."I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers. Then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace."
I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.
SHEI, was a wall, and, my breasts, like towers, - Then, became I, in his eyes, one who did indeed find good content.
I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.
I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.
I [am] a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace.
"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
Contextual Overview
The Chorus
Who is this I see coming up from the country, arm in arm with her lover?The Man
I found you under the apricot tree, and woke you up to love. Your mother went into labor under that tree, and under that very tree she bore you.The Woman
Hang my locket around your neck, wear my ring on your finger. Love is invincible facing danger and death. Passion laughs at the terrors of hell. The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before it. Flood waters can't drown love, torrents of rain can't put it out. Love can't be bought, love can't be sold— it's not to be found in the marketplace. My brothers used to worry about me: "Our little sister has no breasts. What shall we do with our little sister when men come asking for her? She's a virgin and vulnerable, and we'll protect her. If they think she's a wall, we'll top it with barbed wire. If they think she's a door, we'll barricade it." 10 Dear brothers, I'm a walled-in virgin still, but my breasts are full— And when my lover sees me, he knows he'll soon be satisfied. 11The Man King Solomon may have vast vineyards in lush, fertile country, Where he hires others to work the ground. People pay anything to get in on that bounty. But my vineyard is all mine, and I'm keeping it to myself. You can have your vast vineyards, Solomon, you and your greedy guests!Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a wall: Song of Solomon 8:9
my: Song of Solomon 4:5, Song of Solomon 7:3, Song of Solomon 7:4, Song of Solomon 7:7, Song of Solomon 7:8, Ezekiel 16:7
then: Genesis 6:8, Deuteronomy 7:7, Deuteronomy 7:8, Proverbs 3:4, Isaiah 60:10, Luke 1:30, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:8, 1 Timothy 1:16
favour: Heb. peace, Romans 5:1-10
Reciprocal: Esther 2:15 - Esther Song of Solomon 8:8 - she hath
Cross-References
He waited another seven days and sent the dove out a third time. This time it didn't come back.
A David Psalm I waited and waited and waited for God . At last he looked; finally he listened. He lifted me out of the ditch, pulled me from deep mud. He stood me up on a solid rock to make sure I wouldn't slip. He taught me how to sing the latest God-song, a praise-song to our God. More and more people are seeing this: they enter the mystery, abandoning themselves to God .
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I [am] a wall,.... The words of the little sister, or Gentile church; either wishing she was what was supposed, and desiring to be in a well settled state, "O that I was a wall!" or as asserting d that she was in such a state, well walled; God was a wall of fire about her; salvation was appointed as walls and bulwarks to her; she was one of the two walls Christ was a cornerstone unto, and cemented together; and was a wall built up of lively stones, of true believers, built on Christ, the foundation; and established in the doctrine of grace; and constant and immovable in her love to Christ;
and my breasts like towers; round, plump, and high; signifying that she was now marriageable; and the time of her being presented as a chaste virgin to Christ, and of her open espousals to him, was now come: of ministers of the word, of the Scriptures, and of the ordinances of the Gospel, as signified by breasts, :-; which may be said to be "like towers": ministers of the word, because set for the defence of the Gospel; the Scriptures, because an armoury from whence saints are supplied with armour, to repel Satan's temptations, refute errors, and defend truth; and the ordinances of the Gospel, because they stand firm and immovable against all the efforts of men to subvert and abolish them; and these are peculiar to the Gentile church, under the Gospel dispensation;
then was I in his eyes as one that found favour; from the time that the Gentile church became a wall, firmly built on Christ, and was formed into a church state, and had a settled ministry and Gospel ordinances, she became acceptable to Christ, and was admitted to near communion with him; and not only her person, but her services, met with a favourable acceptance from him; and these privileges and blessings were the fruit of his love, layout, and good will, he bore to her; which before was secret and hidden, but now her breasts being fashioned, her time was a time of love, of the open love of Christ to her, and of her espousals to him: and when, as the words may be rendered, she was "as one that found peace" e; peace being made by the blood of Christ, and the partition wall broken down between Jew and Gentile, and they peaceably joined together in a Gospel church state; and when she enjoyed inward peace and tranquillity of mind, which is found in Christ, the word and ordinances; even all kind of prosperity, which peace, with the Hebrews, includes; every spiritual blessing, as reconciliation, justification, pardon, adoption, and eternal life, which are all the fruits and effects of divine favour, good will, grace, and love.
d "Hoc est, nolite dubitare ultrum murus sum", Ambros. Enarrat. in Psal. cxviii. octon. 22. p. 1087. e שלום ειρηνην, Sept. "pacem", Pagninus, Montanus, Marckius, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 the form of a parable: “If she be a wall,” i. e., stedfast in chastity and virtue, one on whom no light advances can be made, then let us honor and reward her. This fortress-wall shall be crowned as it were with a tower or battlement of silver. But “if she be a door,” light-minded and accessible to seduction Proverbs 7:11-12, then let us provide against assailants the protection of a cedar bar or panel.
Song of Solomon 8:10
The bride herself replies with the pride of innocence and virtue already crowned. She has shown herself to be such a fortress-wall as her brothers have alluded to, and her reward has been the royal favor.
Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12
She next turns to the king, and commends her brothers to his favorable regard by means of another parable. Solomon owns a vineyard in Baal-hamon (possibly Baalbak, or identical with Amana (Conder)), situated in the warm and fertile plains of Coele-Syria, overshadowed by the heights of Lebanon Song of Solomon 4:8. This vineyard he has let out to tenants etc.
The bride also has a vineyard of her own Song of Solomon 1:6, her beauty and virtue faithfully guarded by these same brothers in time past. This vineyard now belongs to Solomon. Let him have “the thousand” which is his due - she is indeed herself henceforth entirely his - but let the faithful keepers have their meed as well. At least two hundred silverlings should be theirs - a double tithe of royal praise and honor.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 10. I am a wall, and my breasts like towers — I am become marriageable, and I stood in need of the defense I have now in my beloved; and as soon as I was so, and became pleasing in the eyes of my beloved, I was given to him in marriage, and have ever since found favour in his sight. As soon then as my sister is in my state, let a proper match be sought out for her. These expressions show the solicitude which the bride felt for her sister, and in her favour she wishes to interest her spouse.
