George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Song of Solomon 6:2
Beloved. She speaks thus, when she finds him, and runs to his embraces, having found what trouble her neglect had occasioned. (Calmet)
Beloved. She speaks thus, when she finds him, and runs to his embraces, having found what trouble her neglect had occasioned. (Calmet)
Verse Song of Solomon 6:2. _MY BELOVED IS GONE DOWN INTO HIS GARDEN_] The answer of the _bride_ to her _companions_....
The question put by the chorus, and the answer it receives from the bride, show that the loss and seeking are not to be taken too seriously....
CHAPTER 6 The description of Her Beloved was addressed to the daughters of Jerusalem. Their answer is recorded in the beginning of this chapter. Her outburst of praise, her glowing testimony of Him,...
SONG OF SOLOMON 5:8 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 6:3. DESCRIPTIVE POEM (_Wasf) :_ THE STRENGTH AND BEAUTY OF THE BRIDEGROOM. On this view, Song of Solomon 6:8 f. is taken as an introduction to t
MY BELOVED. The Shulamite speaks again in reply. See the Structure (above). TO FEED. to feed [his flock]....
Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3. A Dream On the hypothesis we have adopted, a night must be supposed to intervene between Song of Solomon 5:1. After the interview with the king and that
The bride gives them an evasive answer, becoming jealous perhaps of their eager interest. She simply says he has gone forth to his usual haunts. Budde would strike out Song of Solomon 6:1, on the grou...
TEXT 6:17:10 _Court Ladies:_ Inquiry, Song of Solomon 6:1 _Shulammite:_ Answer, Song of Solomon 6:2Avowal, Song of Solomon 6:3 _Solomon:_ Interview with the Shulammite,...
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. GONE DOWN. Jerusalem was on a hill (answering to its moral elevation), and the gardens...
A DREAM. HIS BEAUTY AND HERS 2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Song of Solomon 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian b...
Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20 : 'Lord, what am I, that, wit...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM V1 Where has your lover gone, most beautiful among women?...
The woman knows where the man went. In fact, it was she who told him to go there (4:16)! He has gone to the garden where there are many plants with beautiful smells. Those beautiful smells are a word...
VI. (1-3) WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE... By a playful turn the poet heightens the description of the lover’s beauty by the impression supposed to be produced on the imaginary bystanders to whom the pi...
דֹּודִי֙ יָרַ֣ד לְ גַנֹּ֔ו לַ עֲרוּגֹ֖ות הַ
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, tho...
IV. Experiences Following Betrothal (Song of Solomon 5:2; Song of Solomon 6:1; Song of Solomon 7:1) 1. The Bride ...
My beloved is gone down into his (a) garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. (a) That is, is conversant here in earth among men....
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. I detain the Reader, in the opening of this verse, to remark to him once more, if the rema...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of grace and c...
MY BELOVED IS GONE DOWN INTO HIS GARDEN,.... Which may be said by Solomon, in allusion to what he himself was wont to do, as Josephus q relates; who used to go very early in a morning in great pomp to...
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. Ver. 2. _My beloved is gone down into his garden._] Now she can tell where Christ is, and...
_Whither is thy beloved gone_ Namely, from thee: see chap. 5:6, 8. These are the words of the daughters of Jerusalem, last mentioned, whom the preceding full and pathetical description of the bridegro...
My Beloved is gone down into His garden, to which she invited Him, but from which she foolishly absented herself, TO THE BEDS OF SPICES, TO FEED IN THE GARDENS AND TO GATHER LILIES. But she immediatel...
THE CONFESSION OF THE CHURCH REWARDED. The Further Confession and Christ's Answer. The bride having answered the first question of the "daughters of Jerusalem" for a description of her soul's Brideg...
2,3 Christ's church is a garden, enclosed, and separated from the world; he takes care of it, delights in it, and visits it. Those who would find Christ, must attend him in his ordinances, the word,...
The spouse had hitherto been at a loss for her Beloved, but having diligently sought him, and inflamed both her own and others affections with love to him by her just commendations, now at last she me...
Song of Solomon 6:2 beloved H1730 gone H3381 (H8804) garden H1588 beds H6170 spices H1314 feed H7462 (H8800
The YOUNG WIFE replies. _ “My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, And to gather lilies. I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, He feeds his flock am...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom applauds the beauty of the Bride, preferring her before all others. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Christ takes delight in His redeemed and in the w...
Song of Solomon 6:1. _Whither is thy beloved gone?_ These are words of the ladies of honour, tenderly interested for their princess in a moment of anxiety. _That we may seek him with thee._ Thus shoul...
_My Beloved has gone down into His garden, to the beds of spices._ COMMUNION The exquisite pastoral from which our text is taken is peculiarly fitted for Sacramental meditation--because its design i...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 6:2 GARDEN. See note on 4:12. The garden is HIS, for she has committed herself to him....
THE INQUIRY ANSWERED Song of Solomon 6:2 SHULAMITE, _to the Daughters_ My Beloved is gone down into his garden, To the beds of spices; To feed in the gardens, And to gather lilies. Shulamite contin...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1 WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE, O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN? WHITHER HATH THY BELOVED TURNED HIM, THAT WE MAY SEEK HIM WITH THEE? The dialogue still continues, possibly bec...
Now the daughters of Jerusalem respond to her, the chorus sings back. Where has your beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither or where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with...
1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; Ezekiel 34:23; Isaiah 40:11;...
Is gone — The spouse had hitherto been at a loss for her beloved, but having diligently sought him, now at last she meets with a gracious answer from God, directing her where to find him. The garden m...