What is the context?
This verse completes the garden exchange begun at the end of chapter 4. The bride’s invitation is answered with coming, gathering, eating, and drinking.
The myrrh, spices, honey, wine, and milk continue the garden’s rich language of delight. The closing invitation to friends widens the celebration.
The verse belongs with the preceding mutual invitation even though the chapter changes. The next verse begins a different night scene and a renewed experience of absence.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley reads the answer as Christ delighting in His people’s service and believers enjoying spiritual food. The USCCB note marks uncertainty about the final invitation’s translation and meaning. Neither observation requires deciding precisely who speaks every clause in order to recognize the exchange’s joy.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.