Song 7:1. "How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter!" This is to signify the amiableness of her conversation, and that her conversation is not naturally amiable, but that this beauty of conversation is put upon her. And another thing implied is, that she was prepared for travel, as... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 7:2. "Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor." The navel, according to the ancient notions they had of things, was the seat of health. Proverbs 3:8, "It shall be health to thy navel." Job 40:16, "His force is in the navel of his belly." So that the thing which is here most p... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 7:4. "Thine eyes are like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim." It seems there were two or more noted fish-pools near to the city of Heshbon, the chief city in the country of Moab, by one of the gates of that city, called the gate of Bath-rabbim, _i.e._ the gate of the house o... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 7:5. "Thine head upon thee is like Carmel (or crimson, as it is in the margin), and the hair of thine head like purple." If by head here be understood the eldership of the church; then her head is compared to Carmel, probably because Carmel was a very fruitful hill, and a high hill, whose fruit... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 7:7. "And thy breasts to clusters of grapes." By her breasts here, most probably, is intended the grace of love, or spiritual complacency; affection to her husband and his children. The bosom is put for love; so Christ is said to be in the bosom of the Father. This agrees with that in Proverbs... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 7:8. "And the smell of thy nose like apples." As by the roof of the mouth in the next verse, is not intended simply the roof of the mouth itself, as though that were exceedingly pleasant to the bridegroom, this being a part of the body that is hidden; but thereby is probably meant the speech wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Song 7:9. "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." By the roof of the mouth is here probably meant his discourse, which is like excellent wine that goes sweetly down, and so refreshes and enlivens othe... [ Continue Reading ]