Song of Solomon 7
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XV. SOLOMON’S FINAL APPROACH PROVES TO BE IN VAIN (7:1-10)7:1-9a Solomon continues his fulsome praise by giving a full-length portrait of her physical charms, comparing her to famous places in his far-flung realm: Heshbon, Bath Rabbim, Damascus, and Mount Carmel. Then he sees her as a stately palm tree, and would like to embrace her. When he does, her breasts would be like clusters of fruit, her breath like apples, and her kisses like the best wine7:9b-10 The maiden finishes the sentence by letting him know that her wine is not for him but for her beloved. She belongs to her lover and not to the king. Even as she said it, she knew that the shepherd was longing for her.
Song of Solomon 7:11
XVI. SHE CONVERSES WITH HER SHEPHERD-LOVER WHO HAS ARRIVED TO TAKE HER AWAY (7:118:2)7:11-13 Now the shepherd-lover has arrived in Jerusalem and she is free to go to the field and the villages with him. She anticipates walking in the field with him, going out at daybreak to the vineyards to check the vine . . . and the pomegranates. In that rural setting where the mandrakes are fragrant, she will give him her love and all kinds of pleasant fruits which she has stored up for him.