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Song of Solomon 5:1-8
Christ's Call to the Drowsy Church.
The Church Aroused from Sleep
Christ's Call to the Drowsy Church.
The Church Aroused from Sleep
CHAPTER V _The bridegroom calls on his spouse to admit him_, 1-3. _She hesitates; but arising finds him gone, seeks him, and_ _is treated unworthily by the city watch_, 4-7. _Inquires of the daugh...
MY HONEYCOMB - literally, “my reed” or “my wood,” i. e., the substance itself, or portions of it in which the comb is formed. The bees in Palestine form their combs not only in the hollows of trees an...
CHAPTER 5 The Bridegroom answers the invitation extended to Him when the bride had said, “Let my Beloved come into His (not her) garden.” He says, “I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse.” She...
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1. THE BRIDE AS A GARDEN. The charms of the bride are now described under the figure of the fruits of the garden. Song of Solomon 4:16
I AM COME. I am coming. This is the shepherd's suitable reply to her brief invitation. SPOUSE. betrothed, as in Song of Solomon 4:8; Song of Solomon 4:9; Song of Solomon 4:10;...
Song of Solomon 5:1. The great question regarding this verse is how the perfect tenses in it are to be understood. Some maintain that they must be rigorously taken as perfects; others think that they...
Song of Solomon 4:8 Chap. Song of Solomon 5:1. A true Lover's Pleading With Song of Solomon 4:8 a new song, representing another scene, begins. In it the peasant lover of the Shulammite comes to b
I HAVE EATEN MY HONEY-COMB, &C.— Taylor, in his Concordance, interprets this passage, _I have eaten my pure wood honey with the honey of the pan;_ explaining _wood honey_ to be that which in hot weath...
TEXT 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1 _SECOND MEETING (Jerusalem_); Prolepsis, Song of Solomon 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1 (Chronologically coming between...
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink a...
The maiden's eyes are here compared to doves, peeping out from behind the veil (RV). As is usual with Syrian brides her hair is not braided, but hangs loosely down, like a flock of black goats which g...
In 4:12-15, Solomon said that the young woman was like a beautiful garden. He described such a garden. It had beautiful fruit. And the plants smelled wonderful. In 4:16, the woman pretended that she...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 5 THE MAN V1 I have come into my garden, my special young woman, my bride. I have gathered my *myrrh and *spice....
V. (1) I AM COME INTO MY GARDEN. — This continues the same figure, and under it describes once more the complete union of the wedded pair. The only difficulty lies in the invitation, “Eat, O friends;...
בָּ֣אתִי לְ גַנִּי֮ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּה֒ אָרִ֤יתִי...
LOVE UNQUENCHABLE Song of Solomon 5:1 WE have seen how this strange poem mingles fact and fancy, memory and reverie, in what would be hopeless confusion if we could not detect a common prevailing sen...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of S...
3. The Bride Song of Solomon 4:16). The Acceptance 4. Solomon Song of Solomon 5:1). (a) To the Bride (1a). (b) To His Retinue (1b)....
I have come into my (a) garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea,...
Apple-trees. The spouse, submitting to God's will, is content to suffer. (Worthington) --- She addresses her beloved, and as he had praised her, under the similitude of a delightful garden, she invite...
CONTENTS There is an immediate connection between the first verse of this Chapter, and the last of the preceding: for no sooner hath the church invited her Lord to come into his garden, than he decla...
Chapter 5 gives us another experience. Intimacy was formed through the testimony of the Bridegroom's affection. The reassured heart, certain of His love, exhibits its slothfulness. Alas, what hearts a...
I AM COME INTO MY GARDEN, MY SISTER, [MY] SPOUSE,.... This verse should rather have concluded the preceding chapter, being Christ's answer to the church's request, which was speedily and exactly grant...
I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink...
_I am come into my garden_ This is the bridegroom's answer. _I have gathered my myrrh_, &c. I have eaten of my pleasant fruits; I have taken notice of, and delight in, the service and obedience of my...
YEA DRINK ABUNDANTLY, O BELOVED!: Or, and be drunken with loves...
1 See how ready Christ is to accept the invitations of his people. What little good there is in us would be lost, if he did not preserve it to himself. He also invites his beloved people to eat and dr...
SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 5 Christ answereth the church's invitation, and showeth her the delight he took in her fruit, SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1. She acknowledges her negligence to Christ in not opening the...
Song of Solomon 5:1 come H935 (H8804) garden H1588 sister H269 spouse H3618 gathered H717 (H8804) myrrh H4753
The BRIDEGROOM accepts her invitation _ “ I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride, I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my...
CONTENTS: The distress of the Bride because of the temporary withdrawal of the groom, due to the Bride's neglect. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: The slights which careless...
Song of Solomon 5:9. _What is thy beloved more than another beloved?_ To address this question to Pharaoh's daughter, had been the highest insult. More therefore is intended in this sublime of songs t...
_I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse._ THE KING FEASTING IN HIS GARDEN I. The voice of the Master Himself calls us to consider his presence: “I am come.” He tells us He is come. What I Cou...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I CAME TO MY GARDEN. In her dream, the man samples all that the woman offered him in Song of Solomon 4:16
The Bridegroom’s Response CHAPTER 5 Song of Solomon 5:1 SCENE SECOND. Place: _Banquet Hall in the Palace_. Speaker: _The King_ TO THE BRIDE I am come into my garden, My sister, my spouse; I have g...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I AM COME INTO MY GARDEN, MY SISTER, MY BRIDE; I HAVE GATHERED MY MYRRH WITH MY SPICE; I HAVE EATEN MY HONEYCOMB WITH MY HONEY; I HAVE DRUNK MY WINE WITH MY MILK. EAT,...
Chapter 5, the bridegroom replies, I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk:...
1 Thessalonians 3:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:9; 2 Chronicles 31:6; 2 Corinthians 9:11;...
I come — This is the bridegroom's answer. I have — I have eaten of my pleasant fruits, I have taken notice of, and delight in the service and obedience of my people. O friends — Believers are here enc...