leaping

October 12, 2017

The locusts are like war horses (Joel 2:4-2:5)

“They have the appearance

Of horses.

They are

Like war horses.

They charge.

As with the rumbling

Of chariots,

They leap

On the tops

Of the mountains,

Like the crackling

Of a flame of fire,

Devouring the stubble.

They are

Like a powerful army

Drawn up for battle.”

This swarm of locusts had the appearance of charging war horses. They were like rumbling chariots leaping to the tops of the mountains. They were like a crackling flame in a fire devouring the grass stubble in front of it. They were like a powerful army ready for battle. These were the dangerous grasshoppers.

March 8, 2016

Spring visit (Song 2:8-2:9)

Female lover

“The voice of my beloved!

Look!

He comes

Leaping upon the mountains,

Bounding over the hills.

My beloved is

Like a gazelle,

Like a young stag.

Look!

There he stands

Behind our wall,

Gazing in at the windows,

Looking through the lattice.”

This female lover cries out that her beloved has come leaping over the mountains and bounding over hills, like a super hero. Her beloved is like a gazelle or antelope. He is like a young deer, a young stag. Suddenly he is behind the wall, gazing in at her window through the lattice, like our venetian blinds. This young stud has come to pay a visit, but stands outside peeking in, like a peeping Tom.