Song of Solomon 8:10
Song of Solomon 8:10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor
These are either, the words of the Jewish church, asserting herself to be what her little sister was not; namely, that she was a wall well fenced, and firmly established, was indulged with ordinances, and blessed with ministers; whilst the Gentiles lay open, were "without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world," (Ephesians 2:12), as also confirming what Christ had said in the former verse; as well as assuring her little sister, the Gentile church, that she should also find favor in Christ's eyes, when she came into the same state and condition: unless we should rather choose to consider them as expressing that additional glory; peace and prosperity, which should accrue to the church by the calling of the Gentiles; which would not be inconsiderable, and no small indication of her finding favor or peace in Christ's eyes; who would then "extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream." Though I rather think, that they are the words of the little sister herself, the Gentile church; either signifying her desire to be in such a well-settled state and condition, "O that I was a wall!" etc., or else, asserting herself to be in such a case,[4303] which Christ had intimated in the former verse,
I. She asserts herself to be a wall.
II. That her breasts were like towers. And,