He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
Parallel translations
- WEB He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
- KJV He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
- NKJV He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love.
- NASB “He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love.
- NLT He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me.
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Quick answer
He brings her to the banquet hall, his banner over her being love. It declares love that is public, protective, and assured.
Overview
Led into the house of wine, she sees his "banner" over her as love, an emblem of openly avowed, sheltering devotion. Love here is both intimate and unashamedly displayed. The believer too is brought by the Lord into the joy of His house, where His love stands as the banner and assurance over His people (Rom. 8:38-39).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Rom 8:28–39And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- John 15:9–15As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
- Rom 5:8–10But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Song 1:4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
- Rev 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- Ps 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Isa 11:10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- Song 6:4You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- Ps 63:2–5So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- Ps 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
- Ps 20:5May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
- Song 1:1This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
- Esth 7:7In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
- Song 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
- Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
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The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.
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