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Song of Solomon 7

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  A further description of the church's graces.
10  The church professes her faith and desire.

Verse 1

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
thy feet
Luke 15:22, Ephesians 6:15, Philippians 1:27
O prince's
Psalms 45:13, 2 Corinthians 6:18
the joints
Daniel 2:32, Ephesians 4:15,16, Colossians 2:19
the work
Exodus 28:15, 35:35

Verse 2

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
navel
Proverbs 3:8
liquor
Heb. mixture. thy belly.
5:14, Psalms 45:16, Isaiah 46:3, Jeremiah 1:5, Romans 7:4

Verse 3

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
4:5, 6:6

Verse 4

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
neck
1:10, 4:4
ivory
5:14, 1 Kings 10:18,22, 22:39, Psalms 45:8, 144:12
thine eyes
That is, "Thine eyes are dark, deep, clear, and serene, as the fish-pools in Heshbon. "
4:1,9, 6:5, Ephesians 1:17,18, 3:18,19
Heshbon
Numbers 21:25, Isaiah 54:4
thy nose
That is, "Thy nose is as finely formed as the tower of Lebanon."
Philippians 1:9,10, Hebrews 5:14
the tower
4:8, 5:15, 1 Kings 7:2, 9:19, 2 Chronicles 8:6
Damascus
Genesis 15:2, 2 Samuel 8:6

Verse 5

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
head
Isaiah 35:2, Ephesians 1:22, 4:15,16, Colossians 1:18, 2:19
Carmel
or, crimson.
Micah 7:14
the hair
4:1, 5:11, Revelation 1:14
the king
1:17; *marg:; Genesis 32:26, Psalms 68:24, 87:2, Matthew 18:20, 28:20
held
Heb. bound.

Verse 6

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
10, 1:15,16, 2:14, 4:7,10, Psalms 45:11, Isaiah 62:4,5, Zephaniah 3:17

Verse 7

This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
thy stature
Psalms 92:12, Jeremiah 10:5, Ephesians 4:13
thy breasts
3,8, 1:13, 4:5, 8:8, Isaiah 66:10, Ephesians 3:17

Verse 8

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
I will go
4:16, 5:1, Jeremiah 32:41, John 14:21-23
the smell
1:3, 2:3, 2 Corinthians 2:14

Verse 9

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
the roof
2:14, 5:16, Proverbs 16:24, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 3:16,17, 4:6, Hebrews 13:15
the best
Isaiah 62:8,9, Zechariah 9:15-17, Acts 2:11-13,46,47, 4:31,32, 16:30-34
sweetly
Heb. straightly. those that are asleep. or, the ancient.
5:2, Romans 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13,14, Revelation 14:13

Verse 10

I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
my
2:16, 6:3, Acts 27:23, 1 Corinthians 6:19,20, Galatians 2:20
his
5,6, Job 14:15, Psalms 45:11, 147:11, John 17:24

Verse 11

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
let us go
1:4, 2:10-13, 4:8

Verse 12

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
get
Proverbs 8:17, Ecclesiastes 9:10
let us see
6:11, Proverbs 24:30,31, Acts 15:36, 2 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Thessalonians 3:5,6, Hebrews 12:15, 2:13,15, Isaiah 18:5
appear
Heb. open. there will I give thee.
6, 4:16, Exodus 25:22, Psalms 43:4, 63:3-8, 73:25, 122:5, Ezekiel 20:40,41, Romans 5:11, 2 Corinthians 5:14,15, Ephesians 6:24, Hebrews 4:16

Verse 13

The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
mandrakes
Genesis 30:14
at our
4:16, 5:1, John 15:8, Galatians 5:22,23, Ephesians 5:9, Philippians 1:11
new
Matthew 13:52
I have
Isaiah 23:18, 60:6,7, Matthew 25:40, Romans 15:25-27, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 16:2, 8:8,9, Colossians 3:17, 1 Peter 4:11

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