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Guarding the Vulnerable Vineyard
Commentators explain the literal image is a call to protect a vineyard when it is most vulnerable—in blossom. The 'foxes' are destructive creatures that threaten a future harvest. This is a command to guard the precious and developing relationship from any external threats that could spoil it.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 2:8–17
18th Century
Theologian
The bride tells the chorus about a visit the beloved paid her some time before in her native home. On a beautiful spring morning, he asks for her c…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 2:15
19th Century
Bishop
Take us the foxes. — Possibly this is a verse of a familiar country song, introduced here from the suggestion of the “swe…
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 2:15
17th Century
Pastor
Take us the foxes Of which there were great numbers in Judea; see (Judges 15:4) ; these words are directed no…
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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 2:14–17
17th Century
Minister
The church is Christ's dove; she returns to Him as her Noah. Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can consider herself safe and find herself at ea…