Song of Solomon 7:7
Song of Solomon 7:7
This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
Christ, having gone through the ten particular instances of his church's beauty, in the five first verses of this chapter, and given a comprehensive summary of the whole, in verse 6, one would have thought he had done; but as not satisfied with the commendations he had given, and as not knowing when nor how to give over, the subject being so delightful to him, begins anew in these words; where he,
I. In general commends her stature, by comparing it to a palm-tree.
II. Her breasts in particular, which are likened to "clusters of grapes."