Biblical Reading and Reflections: December 30th (Song of Songs 7 & Luke 23:50—24:12)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Relationship Between the Land and the Land
There are several geographic references to heshbon, lebanon, damascus and carmel. The word for eyes is the same as that for springs, which provide very natural images with which to depict the former. In these geographically freighted metaphors, the hearers should hear not only the woman being likened to the land, but the land being likened to a woman.
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