Song 7:1, Isa 32:5, 8 | JFB | STEP | 1. thy feet —rather, "thy goings" ( ). Evident allusion to : " How beautiful . . . are the feet of him . . . that publisheth peace " (Shulamite, ). shoes —Sandals are richly jewelled in the East ( ). She is evidently "on the mountains," whither she was wafted ( ), above the daughters of Jerusalem, who therefore portray her feet first. daughter —of God the Father, with whom Jesus Christ is one ( ), "children of (the) God" (of peace ), equivalent to Shulamite ( ), as well as bride of Jesus Christ. prince's —therefore princely herself, freely giving the word of life to others, not sparing her "feet," as in . To act on the offensive is defensive to ourselves. joints —rather, "the rounding"; the full graceful curve of the hips in the female figure; like the rounding of a necklace (as the Hebrew for "jewels" means). Compare with the English Version, . Or, applying it to the girdle binding together the robes round the hips ( ). cunning workman

Song of Solomon 7:1

1. thy feet—rather, "thy goings" (Ps 17:5). Evident allusion to Isa 52:7: "How beautiful . . . are the feet of him . . . that publisheth peace" (Shulamite, So 6:13).

shoes—Sandals are richly jewelled in the East (Lu 15:22; Eph 6:15). She is evidently "on the mountains," whither she was wafted (So 6:12), above the daughters of Jerusalem, who therefore portray her feet first.

daughter—of God the Father, with whom Jesus Christ is one (Mt 5:9), "children of (the) God" (of peace), equivalent to Shulamite (Ps 45:10-15; 2Co 6:18), as well as bride of Jesus Christ.

prince's—therefore princely herself, freely giving the word of life to others, not sparing her "feet," as in So 5:3; Ex 12:11. To act on the offensive is defensive to ourselves.

joints—rather, "the rounding"; the full graceful curve of the hips in the female figure; like the rounding of a necklace (as the Hebrew for "jewels" means). Compare with the English Version, Eph 4:13-16; Col 2:19. Or, applying it to the girdle binding together the robes round the hips (Eph 6:14).

cunning workman— (Ps 139:14-16; Eph 2:10, 22; 5:29, 30, 32).

Isaiah 32:5

5. vile—rather, "fool" [LOWTH]; that is, ungodly (Ps 14:1; 74:18).

liberal—rather, "noble-minded."

churl—rather, "fraudulent" [GESENIUS].

bountiful—religiously. The atheistic churl, who envies the believer his hope "full of immortality," shall no longer be held as a patriot struggling for the emancipation of mankind from superstition [HORSLEY].

Isaiah 32:8

8. liberal—rather, "noble-minded."

stand—shall be approved under the government of the righteous King.