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Song of Solomon / Chapter 7
Song 7 moves from a sweeping, upward portrait of the woman’s beauty to the man’s stated longing, then to the woman’s confident reply and invitation that turns desire into a shared plan for time together outdoors.
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince`s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman.
Your body is like a round goblet, No mingled wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, Set about with lilies.
Your two breasts are like two fawns, That are twins of a roe.
Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
Your head on you is like Carmel, The hair of your head like purple; The king is held captive in its tresses.
How beautiful and how pleasant are you, Love, for delights!
This, your stature, is like a palm tree, Your breasts like its fruit.
I said, "I will climb up into the palm-tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, The smell of your breath like apples, Beloved
Your mouth like the best wine, That goes down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
I am my beloved`s. His desire is toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.
Let`s go early up to the vineyards. Let`s see whether the vine has budded, Its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
The mandrakes give forth fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
Song of Solomon journey · Song of Solomon 7
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Covenant love, beauty, longing, and delight are voiced through lyric poetry.
Movement
Love, beauty, and covenant delight
Artifact
Love poetry and garden imagery
Biblical Timeline
Kingdom
Song of Solomon context: 1000 BC - 586 BC
Song of Solomon context
Kingdom / 1000 BC - 586 BC
Song of Solomon context is set in the kingdom period, where Israel's monarchy from David and Solomon to exile.
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Context snapshot
Date
Solomonic setting, c. 970-930 BC
Genre
Lyric love poetry
Setting
Israel/Judah royal tradition
Audience
Israel
World Stage
Solomon, traditional attribution c. 970-930 BC
Song of Solomon is set in the imagery of royal, rural, garden, and city life in Israel. Its poetry celebrates love with heightened language rooted in created beauty and covenantal dignity.
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