The bride pines for her lover so much she even looks for him while she's dreaming. She looks for him in the city, searching for the one her heart loves. She found him and held him and did not let him go. Don't awaken love before it is ready. The groom (Solomon) arrives flanked by mighty warriors in splendor.
Solomon expresses his love for his beautiful bride. He lavishly describes her attributes. Who wouldn't want to be loved and appreciated like that?
The lovers are separated, and the bride describes her torment. Friends ask whether her lover is better than others. She describes his attributes which add to her love for him.
The friends ask the bride where her lover has gone and she tells them he has gone to his garden, but that's ok because they belong to each other. Solomon describes his bride and declares that she is above all other women. Friends inquire who is this perfect woman, as dazzling as heavenly bodies?
The bride admires the bridegroom and they belong to each other, and are joined in love.
Then they speak together. They want to be joined physically just as they are emotionally and spiritually.
Isaiah
Isaiah was prophet to kings of Judah during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, around 51 years or so.
Animals know who their master is, but the children of Israel don't know God. They turn their backs on God. They have been beaten and their wounds have been left unattended. Their country is desolate, cities are burned, strangers have taken control. If the Lord hadn't left any survivors, Israel would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Tomorrow read Isaiah 1:10-5:17
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