Song of Solomon 7:10-13

The Union of Love

10 "¹I am my beloved's, And his ²desire is for me.

11 "Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages.

12 "Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us ³see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

13 "The ⁴mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all ⁵choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.

Song of Solomon 7:10-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 7

In this chapter Christ gives a fresh commendation of the beauty of his church, in a different order and method than before; beginning with her "feet", and so rising upwards to the "hair" of her head, and the roof of her mouth, So 7:1-9; And then the church asserts her interest in him, and his desire towards her, So 7:10; and invites him to go with her into the fields, villages, and vineyards, and offers various reasons, by which she urges him to comply with her invitation, So 7:11-13.

Cross References

• 1. Song of Songs 2:16; Song of Songs 6:3
• 2. Psalms 45:11; Galatians 2:20
• 3. Song of Songs 6:11
• 4. Genesis 30:14
• 5. Song of Songs 2:3; Song of Songs 4:13, 16; Matthew 13:52

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "field"