Catch Us the Little Foxes

Who the speaker is, here in this verse, is hard to determine at first glance. But the more that you meditate upon it; it does become clear. The text says, “Catch us the foxes”. The word “catch”, I believe, refers to Christ giving a charge to his Church to catch them. I believe that He knows, that in giving her this charge that there will be much prayer ascending to Him from the lips of His Bride; that He would help her to catch them. He will help her because it will further the interests of His Kingdom. Christ's command to her is that she would catch these foxes because of the vines that have tender grapes on them. He calls them “our vines”. Christ and His Church are one in purpose, and one in intent, to catch these little foxes and keep them from spoiling the vines that they are cultivating. So let us ask 1st – What do the vines that have tender grapes on them represent? 2nd – Who or what do the little foxes represent, who are spoiling the vines? And 3rd – How can they be caught?