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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Take
'achaz (Hebrew #270)
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
KJV usage: + be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: aw-khaz'
Origin: a primitive root
us the foxes
shuw`al (Hebrew #7776)
from the same as 8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
KJV usage: fox.
Pronounce: shoo-awl'
Origin: or shunal {shoo-awl'}
, the little
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
u foxes
shuw`al (Hebrew #7776)
from the same as 8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
KJV usage: fox.
Pronounce: shoo-awl'
Origin: or shunal {shoo-awl'}
, that spoil
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
the vines
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
: for our vines
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
have tender grapes
cmadar (Hebrew #5563)
a vine blossom; used also adverbially, abloom
KJV usage: tender grape.
Pronounce: sem-aw-dar'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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Ezek. 13:4• 4O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. (Ezek. 13:4)

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Fox,
Grapes,
To Spoil,
Vine; Vineyard

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the foxes.
Psa. 80:13• 13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. (Psa. 80:13)
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Ezek. 13:4‑16• 4O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
 5Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord.
 6They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
 7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
 8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.
 9And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
 10Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
 11Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
 12Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
 13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
 14So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
 15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
 16To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 13:4‑16)
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Luke 13:32• 32And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. (Luke 13:32)
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2 Peter 2:1‑3• 1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
 2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
 3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)
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Rev. 2:2• 2I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: (Rev. 2:2)
tender.
Song of Sol. 2:13• 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song of Sol. 2:13)
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Song of Sol. 7:12• 12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. (Song of Sol. 7:12)
• As the foxes, with their young, spoil the vineyards as they break into bloom, so oftentimes evils, of a secret and subtle nature, may be at work which hinder the bride from yielding refreshment to the heart of the King. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• Mary yielded this pleasant fruit to the Lord, but not so Martha. For the moment a fox had made her unfruitful. And how often our case is like Martha's. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.