The man pictures his young bride coming up from the wilderness (the desert). The wilderness or desert is a hostile, dry, and barren countryside, and so her arrival from there probably indicates a movement towards intimacy and fertility.1
The man pictures his young bride coming up from the wilderness (the desert). The wilderness or desert is a hostile, dry, and barren countryside, and so her arrival from there probably indicates a movement towards intimacy and fertility.1
6 What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?