1. Song of Solomon 6:7 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why are the woman's cheeks like halves of a pomegranate behind her veil?

Song of Solomon 6:7 (ESV)

7 Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

This is yet another repeated metaphor (Song of Solomon 4:3) that draws attention to the attractiveness of her complexion.

Since the veil was connected with the marriage ceremony (Song of Solomon 4:1), by repeating it here he is saying that she is still as lovely as the day on which he married her.1

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