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NASB | Song of Solomon 2:15 ¶ "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Song of Solomon 2:15 ¶ "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love], While our vineyards are in blossom." |
Bible Question: It was taught at a conference that in Song of Solomon 2: 10-17, that Solomon(who represents Christ)called to his love (who represents the church) to come away with him. They said that she gave the excuse of the foxes in her vineyard and turned him away. Is this correct? |
Bible Answer: I like Jessie Penn-Lewis' devotional book 'Thy Hidden Ones' on the Song of Solomon. about 2:15 she says: The Soul's pre-occupied reply ... She hears the Well-beloved's voice, sees His attitude, and hearkens to His call to arise, His command to forget the things that are behind. She listens to His message about the cross, to His call to turn her face toward Him, but -- SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND! She is pre-occupied. She evidently has her eyes on the vine, and its promise of fruit, and is getting concerned in the keeping of her vinyard. Thus easily the gaze is turned away from the Person of the LORD. In the King's chambers the soul discovered that she had been too much engrosses in active service, and had neglected he own vinyard. Now she goes to the other extreme and is so OCCUPIED WITH HER VINYARD as not to be able to understand the Beloved's call. She is fearing lest she should lose the blesed experience of His indwelling and begins to dread lest the vines should be spoiled. She is frightened at some "little foxes" that are appearing -- "little" manifestations of the old life which she had thought had gone, and gone forever. Ah! if she had remained occupied with her lord,so as to quickly obey when He said "rise up", HE would see to the young fruit, and to the little foxes, for the Beloved can only manifest His delivering power whilst we are walking in His will. "Little foxes" always tell the tale that somewhere we have failed to keep step with the Lord. We have missed His will or filed to understand His voice. We must quickly deal with God over these "little thinngs", for they open the door to great ones if not dealt with at once. |