Song of Solomon 4:5

“Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, etc.] Or, “two fawns, the twins of a doe”: Providence, as Plutarch observesf234, has given to women two breasts, that, should they have twins, both or rather to the creatures mentioned, the roes and hinds, which feed among lilies, in fields where lilies grow; for these grow in fields as well as in gardens, and are called the “lilies of the field”, (<400628>Matthew 6:28); and we readf235 sometimes of harts and hinds among lilies. By “breasts” may be meant, either the ministers of the word, who impart “the sincere milk of the word”, and who deliver out the nourishing doctrines of grace, like milk out of the breast, (<460302>1…”

“Lillies - In the fields where lillies grow. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 4:6”

“4:5 Your breasts are like two fawns . . . grazing among the lilies: The comparison can be seen in terms of physical softness, firmness, beauty, and roundness.”

“two breasts: Sol 1:13, Sol 7:3, Sol 7:7, Sol 8:1, Sol 8:10; Pro 5:19; Isa 66:10-12; Pe1 2:2 feed: Sol 2:16, Sol 6:3 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 4:6”

“5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle, Which feed among lilies. The dual, originating in the inner differ. of the plur., which denotes in Heb. not two things of any sort, but two paired by nature or by art, exists only in the principal form; שׁדים, as soon as inflected, is unrecognisable, therefore here, where the pair as such is praised, the word שׁני is used. The breasts are compared to a twin pair of young gazelles in respect of their equality and youthful freshness, and the bosom on which they raise themselves is compared to a meadow covered with lilies, on which the twin-pair of young gazelles feed. With this tender lovely image the praise of the attractions of the…”