Time for a Chat
- Forget their families—the Shulamite bride and her lover are really into each other. They exchange loving words of admiration (i.e., sweet nothings) and envision their lives together.
- Again, they get really fancy with how they describe their love, likening it to a strongly built house of cedar and pine (1:17).
- The important thing to remember here is that these two lovebirds are focused on imagery that illustrates, "my love is seriously awesome."
- Natural images are a favorite of these lovers. They describe their love as "a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi [an oasis]" (1:14) and "a lily among brambles" (22:1). We're not sure we've ever seen a bramble before, but it sounds nice.