Solomon foresaw through the Holy Spirit, that Israel is destined to suffer a series of exiles and will lament, nostalgically recalling her former status as God’s chosen beloved. She will say, ‘I will return to my first husband (i.e. to God) for it was better with me then than it is now.’ (Hoshea 2:9) The children of Israel will recall His beneficence and the trespasses which they trespassed (Leviticus 26:40). And they will recall the goodness which He promised for the End of Days. The prophets frequently likened the relationship between God and Israel to that of a loving husband angered by a straying wife who betrayed him. Solomon composed Shir HaShirim in the form of that same allegory. It is a passionate dialogue between the husband [God] who still loves his estranged wife [Israel], and the wife, a veritable widow of a living husband, who longs for her husband and seeks to endear herself to him once more, as she recalls her youthful love for him and admits her guilt.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 05:39:21 +0000
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