“Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?”
The verse continues with the community's declaration: 'Who is this that looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?' establishing the beloved's appearance through celestial imagery and martial awesomeness. The beloved's emergence as dawn, appearance as moon, and brightness as sun establish her as participating in the fundamental light sources of creation, suggesting that her beauty is cosmic in scope. The return to the 'terrible as an army with banners' imagery from earlier verses reiterates her formidable beauty and suggests that her appearance has cosmic and military significance. This verse theologically suggests that the beloved's beauty participates in the order of creation itself and that she is marked by a kind of awesome, overwhelming magnificence.
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