Mishlei - Part 2: Jewelry, Company, and Double Entendres

In the second shiur of our Mishlei series, we examine the second poem of the first chapter. The twist at the end will compel us to revisit the poem to understand the whole piece.

At first, the metaphor of ethical and moral instruction as ornaments and jewelry seems to move into a message about the company one keeps. The end of the poem seems more philosophical, begging us to look again. We find multidimensional readings and double entendres. Is this peom also teaching the reader how to read these analogies? 

The message of this poem seems to be that there is ultimately no hunter outside yourself - your actions upon the world are actually affecting you.