Scripture Text: Song of Solomon 7:1-6 (22a, page 186-187) Verses 1-6 How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O daughter of a prince. The curves of your hips are like ornaments, the work of the hands of an artist. Your navel is a round chalice. It never lacks mixed wine. Your abdomen is a stack of wheat surrounded with lotus flowers. … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Victory dance
Chapter Six verse 13 come back, come back O Shulammite, come back, come back that we may gaze on you! Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim? (22a) 216 this is literally “the dance of the Mahanaim,” which means “dance of two camps.” Many interpreters speculate on what such a dance would be like. However, it is … [Read more...]
The Guy’s apology
Scripture Text: Song of Solomon 6:11-12 (22a, page 186) Verses 11-12 To the garden of nut trees I had gone down, to see the fresh shoots of the ravine, to see if the vine had budded and the pomegranates had bloomed. Before I realized it, my soul set me among the chariots of my people of a prince. Below are some selections from … [Read more...]
Say that again….
Chapter Six verses 11-12 I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded or the pomegranates were in bloom. Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people. After the song of admiration in 6:8-10, which was kept strictly in the third person, the … [Read more...]
Oops. Who are these women
Scripture Text: Song of Solomon 6:8-10 (22a, page 186) Verses 8-10 Sixty queens there are, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number; but Unique is she—my dove, my perfect one! Unique is she to her mother. Pure is she to the one who bore her. Women saw her and called her joyful; the queens and concubines praised her; Who is … [Read more...]
