雅歌 8:10

10 我 是 牆 ; 我 兩 乳 像 其 上 的 樓 。 那 時 , 我 在 他 眼 中 像 得 平 安 的 人 。 ( 新 郎 )

雅歌 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 8:10

I [am] a wall
The words of the little sister, or Gentile church; either wishing she was what was supposed, and desiring to be in a well settled state, "O that I was a wall!" or as asserting F4 that she was in such a state, well walled; God was a wall of fire about her; salvation was appointed as walls and bulwarks to her; she was one of the two walls Christ was a cornerstone unto, and cemented together; and was a wall built up of lively stones, of true believers, built on Christ, the foundation; and established in the doctrine of grace; and constant and immovable in her love to Christ; and my breasts like towers;
round, plump, and high; signifying that she was now marriageable; and the time of her being presented as a chaste virgin to Christ, and of her open espousals to him, was now come: of ministers of the word, of the Scriptures, and of the ordinances of the Gospel, as signified by breasts, (See Gill on Song of Solomon 4:5); which may be said to be "like towers": ministers of the word, because set for the defence of the Gospel; the Scriptures, because an armoury from whence saints are supplied with armour, to repel Satan's temptations, refute errors, and defend truth; and the ordinances of the Gospel, because they stand firm and immovable against all the efforts of men to subvert and abolish them; and these are peculiar to the Gentile church, under the Gospel dispensation; then was I in his eyes as one that found favour;
from the time that the Gentile church became a wall, firmly built on Christ, and was formed into a church state, and had a settled ministry and Gospel ordinances, she became acceptable to Christ, and was admitted to near communion with him; and not only her person, but her services, met with a favourable acceptance from him; and these privileges and blessings were the fruit of his love, layout, and good will, he bore to her; which before was secret and hidden, but now her breasts being fashioned, her time was a time of love, of the open love of Christ to her, and of her espousals to him: and when, as the words may be rendered, she was "as one that found peace" F5; peace being made by the blood of Christ, and the partition wall broken down between Jew and Gentile, and they peaceably joined together in a Gospel church state; and when she enjoyed inward peace and tranquillity of mind, which is found in Christ, the word and ordinances; even all kind of prosperity, which peace, with the Hebrews, includes; every spiritual blessing, as reconciliation, justification, pardon, adoption, and eternal life, which are all the fruits and effects of divine favour, good will, grace, and love.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 "Hoc est, nolite dubitare ultrum murus sum", Ambros. Enarrat. in Psal. cxviii. octon. 22. p. 1087.
F5 (Mwlv) (eirhnhn) , Sept. "pacem", Pagninus, Montanus, Marckius, Michaelis.

雅歌 8:10 In-Context

8 我 們 有 一 小 妹 ; 他 的 兩 乳 尚 未 長 成 , 人 來 提 親 的 日 子 , 我 們 當 為 他 怎 樣 辦 理 ?
9 他 若 是 牆 , 我 們 要 在 其 上 建 造 銀 塔 ; 他 若 是 門 , 我 們 要 用 香 柏 木 板 圍 護 他 。 ( 新 娘 )
10 我 是 牆 ; 我 兩 乳 像 其 上 的 樓 。 那 時 , 我 在 他 眼 中 像 得 平 安 的 人 。 ( 新 郎 )
11 所 羅 門 在 巴 力 哈 們 有 一 葡 萄 園 ; 他 將 這 葡 萄 園 交 給 看 守 的 人 , 為 其 中 的 果 子 必 交 一 千 舍 客 勒 銀 子 。
12 我 自 己 的 葡 萄 園 在 我 面 前 。 所 羅 門 哪 , 一 千 舍 客 勒 歸 你 , 二 百 舍 客 勒 歸 看 守 果 子 的 人 。
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