Cantares 8:8-14

8 Tenemos una hermana pequeña, y todavía no tiene pechos; ¿qué haremos por nuestra hermana el día en que sea pedida?
9 Si ella es una muralla, edificaremos sobre ella un baluarte de plata; pero si es una puerta, la reforzaremos con tablas de cedro. LA ESPOSA:
10 Yo soy una muralla, y mis pechos como torres, entonces fui a sus ojos como quien halla la paz.
11 Salomón tenía una viña en Baal-hamón, confió la viña a los guardas; cada uno debía traer por su fruto mil siclos de plata.
12 Mi viña, que es mía, está a mi disposición; los mil siclos son para ti, Salomón, y doscientos, para los que guardan su fruto. EL ESPOSO:
13 Oh tú, que moras en los huertos, mis compañeros están atentos a tu voz; déjame que la oiga. LA ESPOSA:
14 Apresúrate, amado mío, y sé como una gacela o un cervatillo sobre los montes de los aromas.

Cantares 8:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8

This chapter begins with an ardent wish of the church for a free and intimate converse with Christ; declaring what she would do to him, and for him, should she have such an interview with him, So 8:1,2; what familiarity should be between them, So 8:3; charging the daughters of Jerusalem not to give him any disturbance, So 8:4. Upon which they inquire who she was that was in such a posture they saw her in, So 8:5; when the church, instead of giving them an answer, says some things concerning her beloved, on whom they saw her leaning; and makes some requests to him for more nearness to him, and manifestations of his love to her; urged from the strength her love and affections to him, which was invincible, So 8:6,7. Next follows a speech of the church about her little sister; expressing a concern for her, and what she would do to her and with her, So 8:8,9; and the answer of the little sister, declaring what she, was, and what she enjoyed, So 8:10; then the words of the church again, concerning her husband's vineyard; the place, keepers, and profit of it, So 8:11,12. And the chapter, and with it the Song, is concluded with a request of Christ to the church, that he might hear her voice, So 8:13; and with a petition of hers to him, that he would come quickly to her, So 8:14.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Un siclo equivale aprox. a 11.4 gramos de plata
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