SS 4: Ode to Her Body

Song of Solomon 4:16 "Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits."

King Solomon writes a tribute to his lover's body...her assets, as it were. And why not? She sounds like a total babe. This is a pretty explicit love song. He describes her features as things that were important or had some symbolism to his people, the Israelites at the time. Doves, a flock of goats, Mount Gilead. A flock of sheep, a scarlet ribbon (Judah's sons, the tabernacle). Her neck is the tower of David, her breasts are like two fawns.

She has no flaw. And he wants to take her everywhere. And she smells nice, which is a bonus.

Use your imagination as to what verse 16 means.