Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Song of Solomon 2:13
Her figs — Which it shoots forth in the spring.
Her figs — Which it shoots forth in the spring.
Verse 13. _THE FIG TREE PUTTETH FORTH HER GREEN FIGS_] The fig tree in Judea bears _double_ crops; the first of which is ripe in _spring_. But the tree, as I have elsewhere observed, bears figs all th...
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...
PUTTETH FORTH. sweetens or ripens. WITH THE TENDER GRAPE. blossoms. GIVE. they give. MY LOVE. friend. Hebrew. _ra'yah,_ as in Song of Solomon 2:2. See note on Song of Solomon 1:9. Feminine. Showing...
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 fig tree putteth forth her green figs_ The word for -green fig" is _paggâh_, which occurs in its Aramaic form in the name _Bethphage_. According to Riehm's _Handwörterbuch_, the fig bears two kin...
THE FIG-TREE PUTTETH FORTH, &C.— _The fig-tree giveth sweetness to her green figs._ The fig-trees in Judaea bear double crops, the first of which is ripe in spring. פגיה _paggeiha,_ signifies _the unr...
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 fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. PUTTETH FORTH - rather, ripens; literally, makes red ...
The early figs are growing spicy; the vines are all blossom and fragrance. It is the season when a young man's mind turns lightly to thoughts of love. Even in our cold England the poet sings— 'Twas w...
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...
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...
THE FIG TREE PUTTETH FORTH HER GREEN FIGS. — Literally, _has ripened its unripe figs._ Heb., _phag_ (preserved in Bethphage); not the early fruit that appears before the leaves (Matthew 24:31), but th...
הַ תְּאֵנָה֙ חָֽנְטָ֣ה פַגֶּ֔יהָ וְ הַ גְּפָנ
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 FIG TREE PUTTETH FORTH HER GREEN FIGS,.... Another sign of spring being come, nay, of its being pretty much advanced, since Christ makes this a token of summer being at hand, Matthew 24:32. Theopo...
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Ver. 13. _The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,...
_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 fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, rather, "spices its fruit," for the latent figs of autumn now matured, AND THE VINES WITH THE TENDER GRAPE, being in blossom, GIVE A GOOD SMELL, fill the air...
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...
GREEN FIGS; which it shooteth forth as soon as it doth leaves, in the spring time, MATTHEW 24:32. A GOOD SMELL; which, though not strong, is pleasant and grateful, and given by it in the progress of t...
Song of Solomon 2:13 tree H8384 forth H2590 (H8804) figs H6291 vines H1612 grapes H5563 Give H5414 (H880
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,...
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 vines with the tender grape give a good smell _ THE TENDER GRAPES The vine is of all trees the most useless unless it bears fruit. You cannot make hardly anything of it; you would scarcely be a...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Haggai 2:19;...