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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 eye...
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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 th...
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CHAPTER 8
The last chapter of the Song is a review of the whole. There is
unquestionably a recapitulation of the entire book. The bride's
desires are once more given to be loved and caressed by Him. F...
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THE SONG OF THE LITTLE SISTER. Whether part of the story or as a
fragment of a song, Song of Solomon 8:8 introduces the brothers of a
young woman speaking, as her guardians, and telling of their anxie...
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I AM. WALL. The Shulamite thus replies:. stand firm against all the
blandishments of Solomon.. am not. door admitting any one.
HIS EYES: i.e. her shepherd lover's, or the brother's who last spoke
(no...
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TEXT 8:5-14
_FIFTH SCENEThe Homeward Journey, Song of Solomon 8:5-14_
Villagers (or the Shepherd's Companions): Inquiry, Song of Solomon 8:5
a
_The Lovers:_ Dialogue,...
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I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as
one that found favour.
I (AM) A WALL, AND MY BREASTS LIKE TOWERS. The Gentile Church's joy
at its free admission to Gospel privile...
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MEMORIES. THE CLOSE
5. The chorus enquire who this happy bride may be. And the bridegroom
points her to the apple-tree where he had once found her asleep, and
to the spot where she was born. These ar...
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Our heroine can proudly assert her purity, and her beloved honours
her.
11, 12. In figurative speech he expresses his contentment. King
Solomon has a fertile and profitable vineyard at BAAL-HAMON (per...
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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 h...
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A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE
SONG OF SONGS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 8
THE WOMAN
V1 I wish that you were like my brother.
My mother fed him at her breasts....
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I AM A WALL... — The heroine interrupts with a protestation of her
purity, and of her right to marry, being of age, and conscious of
being beloved....
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אֲנִ֣י חֹומָ֔ה וְ שָׁדַ֖י כַּ †
מִּגְדָּלֹ֑ות...
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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...
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C. The United Life (Song of Solomon 7:10; Song of Solomon 8:1) I. The
Bride (Song of Solomon 7:10;...
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(g) I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes
as one that found favour.
(g) The Church promises fidelity and constancy....
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We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for
our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? (9) If she be a
wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she b...
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SUMMARY TO THE SONG OF SOLOMON
Chapter 8 stands by itself, and appears to me to recapitulate the
principles of the whole book. It returns to the foundation of that
which gave rise to all these exercis...
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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 tha...
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I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as
one that found favour.
Ver. 10. _I am a wall; and my breasts like towers._] If she be a
wall, saith Christ. I am a wall, saith thi...
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_I am a wall_, &c. “The ancient church,” says Mr. Scott, “seems
here thankfully to reflect on her privileges; she was, before the
coming of the Messiah, as a wall built on the precious foundation, a
p...
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FAVOUR:
_ Heb._ peace...
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8-12 The church pleads for the Gentiles, who then had not the word of
God, nor the means of grace. Those who are brought to Christ
themselves, should contrive what they may do to help others to him....
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These seem to be the words of the Jewish church to Christ: O Lord, by
thy grace I am what thou wouldst have my sister to be, a wall, and
therefore do humbly beg and hope that, according to thy promise...
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Song of Solomon 8:10 wall H2346 breasts H7699 towers H4026 eyes H5869
found H4672 (H8802) peace H7965
a wall -...
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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...
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CONTENTS: The affections between the Bridegroom and His Bride.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church).
CONCLUSION: Those who are espoused to the Lord Jesus, should desire
constant intimacy and...
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Song of Solomon 8:1. _Oh that thou wert as my brother._ The Chaldaic
is a metaphrase of the text. “In the time that king Messiah shall be
revealed to the congregation of Israel, they shall say to him,...
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SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 The Lovers Join in
Marriage. The pair have gone from yearning to be joined together, to
actually being married and consummating their union. The tension of...
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NOTES
Song of Solomon 8:9. _If she be a wall, we well build upon her a
palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with
boards of cedar_. ‘If she be a wall.’ חוֹמָה _khomah_, from
the...
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EXPOSITION
SONG OF SOLOMON 8:1
Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother!
When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; and none would
despise me. I would lead thee,...
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The bride continues her song.
O that thou wert as my brother, that nursed upon the breasts of my
mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I
should not be despised. I would lead...
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1 Timothy 1:16; Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 7:8; Ephesians 1:6;...
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I am — These seem to be the words of the Jewish church. O Lord, by
thy grace I am what thou wouldst have my sister to be, and therefore
humbly hope, according to thy promise to her in that case, thou...