Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Rows of jewels - (Ezekiel 16:11.) Olearius says, Persian ladies wear two or three rows of pearls round the head, beginning on the forehead, and descending down to the cheeks and under the chin, so that their faces seem to be set in pearls. The chains with which God adorns the newly espoused bride are God's ordinances (Proverbs 1:8-9). The hands are the instruments of action. The neck, or throat, the organ of speech. The torim ("rows of jewels") alludes to torah, "the law," as in Ezekiel 16:11, hedi, 'ornament,' alludes to heedah, a testimony.' Contrast Psalms 63:6, "Pride compasseth them about as a chain." The comparison to the horses (Song of Solomon 1:9) implies the vital energy of the bride; this verse, her added graces (1 Timothy 2:9).