Song of Solomon 7 – 8
Verse 7:1 opens with more looking at her body:
How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a master hand.
From what the footnotes say in my study Bible, she appears of noble lineage, but came from humble backgrounds. I believe that is why she was abused by the watchman and not honored. If she had come from noble lineage I do not believe that would have been an issue.
Verse 7:3 is a repeated verse and is done multiple times within this book:
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
Solomon seems to have a boob fetish since that appears to be the focus when he is describing her. He later in this chapter describes them as clusters of fruit on a palm. Honestly, I have to ask why? Why did they include this book in the Bible and no other missing books? I read this each time trying to find deep spiritual significance and just came up with a personal love poem that focused on how she looked.
I assume this came near the end of his life when women were the focus. Some say he lost his mind and 700 wives with 300 concubines proved it. Crazy or not, either way in today’s vernacular he would be called horny.
Verse 8:14 ends with her wanting him now:
Make haste, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
It seems again like two that are caught up. In reading this it appears the song is sung during Passover in Jewish tradition, but again has no real formal theological themes. I believe it was included since it was in the Megilloth or 5 scrolls, but I have to ask why.
The only thing I see here is why can’t this passion for lust be turned to passion for Jesus? We seem genetically wired to “continue the species” and once sex becomes an option the focus is lost on everything else. We have to learn to love God with the same passion that Solomon loves her, except not focusing on the wrong things. That may be the only purpose of this message.