"The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me."
The plight of this woman for her beloved spirals out of control. He came, she refused; when she finally rose up to open to Him, He had withdrawn Himself. Now as she is out and about seeking Him, the men of the city punished her. And she is still withou her Beloved.
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me - word study, went; word study, found; Just back in chapter 3, the watchment of the city did not harass or harm her, but now she receives a beating; It is the guards job to protect the city. People up and running about in the night hours are rarely ever up to any good. OUr society has changed drastically with all this. There used to be a thing called, 'curfew'. Certain time everything was shut down, to limit and protect the people from night activities. But now, everything si 24 hours a day, lights, rippin and runnin all around for this and that; but it is still no good.
They found this woman out and about. It is was not the place of a woman to out and about. IT would be more than likely, that she was an adulterous or prostituting. So they punish her for
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