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Images of Fullness & Beauty
The lover's praise uses rich agricultural imagery. Commentators explain that the 'round goblet' full of wine suggests perfection and life, while the 'heap of wheat' was a culturally beautiful image in the ancient Near East, associated with a desirable skin tone and the joy of a plentiful harvest. The surrounding lilies add a sense of delicate beauty.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 7:2
18th Century
Theologian
Or, “Your lap is like a moon-shaped bowl where mixed wine never fails.” The wine in the bowl rising to the brim adds to the beauty of the vessel an…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 7:2
19th Century
Bishop
Heap of wheat surrounded by lilies. — Wetstein (quoted by Delitzsch in his Appendix) remarks that in Syria the colour of wheat is …
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 7:2
17th Century
Pastor
Your navel [is like] a round goblet
According to some, not the navel itself is meant; but a covering of it, a jewel …
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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 7:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The analogies here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. All His saints have such …