Pruning. Protestants, "singing of birds. " (Haydock) --- But the former version is better. (Septuagint, Symmachus, &c.) --- Turtle. Which returns in spring, Isaias viii. 9. (Calmet) --- It denotes the preaching of the gospel, (St. Cyril, ador. 15.) or rather the sighs of a holy soul in exile.
The bride relates to the chorus a visit which the beloved had paid her some time previously in her native home. He on a fair spring morning solicits her company. The bride, immersed in rustic toils, r...
CHAPTER 2 The voice of the bride is heard again in the opening verses of this chapter; some understand it as meaning the Messiah speaking of Himself as the Rose and the Lily of the valley, but it is r...
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 contains one of the most beautiful poems in the whole book; it breathes the air of the fresh spring-time, when, according to our own poet, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thou...
ON THE EARTH. in the fields. VOICE: i.e. cooing. TURTLE. turtle-dove.. migratory bird (Jeremiah 8:7)....
Song of Solomon 2:8-17. The Beloved comes The scene is evidently changed from Jerusalem to some royal residence in the country. The lover, like the Shulammite herself, belongs to the northern hills;...
_the flowers appear on the earth_ The outburst of spring flowers in Palestine is wonderful. Stanley, _Sinai and Palestine_, p. 139, says: "The hills and valleys … glow with what is peculiar to Palesti...
TEXT 2:83:5 _SHULAMMITE:_ NARRATION TO COURT LADIES (perhaps later) a. Invitation from the beloved Song of Solomon 2:8-14 8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, s...
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; FLOWERS - tokens of anger past, and of grace come. 'The summoned bride i...
1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers (Isaiah 35:2), and travellers continue to re...
A VISIT AND AN INVITATION 8-13 After an interval she relates one of his visits to her home. He comes swiftly and easily; hills and mountains are no obstacle. He stands behind the wall of her mother's...
It is the time of flowers: 'Everywhere this day the earth was beautifully green, and carpeted with flowers. The air was fresh and balmy and laden with the sweet scents of spring... The sky was so blue...
THE TIME OF THE SINGING — Heb., _zamîr· — _may mean _pruning_ (so LXX. and Vulg.), but parallelism requires _singing-time_ (a meaning which analogy will certainly allow us to give to the Hebrew word _...
הַ נִּצָּנִים֙ נִרְא֣וּ בָ † אָ֔רֶץ עֵ֥ת...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
B. The Betrothal (Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. (11) For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (12) The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the sin...
The first six Verses (omitting the second) of chapter 2 (Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 2:3-6) appear to me to be the voice of the bride. They have been differently understood, but (I think) wro...
THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH,.... One of the first signs of the spring being come t; and make the season delightful and pleasant; the sun returning with its warming influences, herbs and plants are...
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; Ver. 12. _The flowers appear on the earth._] Here we have a most dainty...
_My beloved spake_ Invited me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his Spirit. _Rise up, my love_ Shake off sloth, and disentangle thyself more fully from all the snares of this world. _And come awa...
THE MUTUAL CALL OF LOVE...
the flowers appear on the earth, they are seen in the land with the coming of spring; THE TIME OF THE SINGING OF BIRDS IS COME, for the mating songs of the various birds called for a similar response...
8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints ha...
THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH: this and the following clauses are here alleged as evidences of the spring time, which in the mystical and principal sense seems to signify the day of grace, or the gl...
Song of Solomon 2:12 flowers H5339 appear H7200 (H8738) earth H776 time H6256 singing H2158 come H5060 (H
THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED. _ ‘My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone, The flowers appear on the earth,...
Song of Solomon 2:11 There are two characteristics of spring that strike us, I do not say as wrong, but as more belonging to human than Divine character. The first of these is its changeableness, the...
Here we have a dialogue of love between the Lord Jesus and his people. Song of Solomon 2:1. _I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys._ Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be com...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom speaks concerning himself and his Bride. The Bride speaks remembering her satisfaction in her beloved. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Humble souls...
Song of Solomon 2:1. _Sharon_ was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 65:10....
_The voice of my Beloved._ THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED I. When Christ is away from the soul of the believer, he sits alone. Whatever he the mountains of Bether that have come between his soul and Christ...
RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. FOR, LO, THE WINTER IS PAST, THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE. A Sermon for Spring The works of creation are pictures to the children of God of the secret myste...
THE KEY OF THE SUMMER The flowers appear on the earth. Song of Solomon 2:12. If, on this April morning, I were to ask the girls the name of their favorite spring flower, I believe they would nearly...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11 Springtime is often celebrated as a time for lovers. ⇐...
NOTES Song of Solomon 2:12: _The time of the singing of birds iS come_. ‘The time of the singing,’ עֵת הַזָּמִיר (_eth ha-zamir_). Two meanings given to זָמִיר (_zamir_). GESENIUS and others derive i...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2 AS A LILY AMONG THORNS, SO IS MY LOVE AMONG THE DAUGHTERS. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My love is beyond...
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys (Song of Solomon 2:1). The bridegroom responds. As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters (Song of Solomon 2:2). The bride...
Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 5:18;...
The flowers — The communications of God's grace, the gifts, and graces, and comforts of the Holy Spirit, are vouchsafed unto, and appear in believers, as buds and blossoms do in the spring. The turtle...