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...
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;...
_My beloved spake_ Lit. _has answered_or _answers_, but the word _"ânâh_is constantly used like its Greek equivalent ἀποκρίνεσθαι, of beginning to speak when occasion seems to demand it, though no wor...
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...
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. MY BELOVED SPAKE ... COME AWAY. Loving re-assurance given by Jesus Christ to the bride, lest she should think that...
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...
He would have her accompany him to the open country. With the 'string of jewels' (RV) compare a song which may be heard now in Syria: 'From above, Abu Tabba, from above, Abu Tabba, Put golden coins...
עָנָ֥ה דֹודִ֖י וְ אָ֣מַר לִ֑י ק֥וּמִי לָ֛ךְ
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
_Arise. He sings under the window, to ver. 16. --- My dove, is taken from the Septuagint. (Calmet) --- Christ invites his spouse to approach, though he shews not himself as yet; and orders his pastors...
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...
MY BELOVED SPAKE, AND SAID UNTO ME,.... Christ, the church's beloved, being so near her, she could distinctly hear and understand what he spoke, and relate the very words: or, "he answered to me" p; t...
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Ver. 10. _My beloved spake, and said._] Heb., Answered and said. She had sighed out, belike, some such request unto h...
_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...
My Beloved spake and said unto me, or, "speaks and says to me," RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY COMPANION, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY, leaving the house....
THE MUTUAL CALL OF LOVE...
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...
MY BELOVED SPAKE; invited and called me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his Spirit. RISE UP; shake off sloth and security, and disentangle thyself more fully from all the snares of this world,...
Song of Solomon 2:10 beloved H1730 spoke H6030 (H8804) said H559 (H8804) up H6965 (H8798) love H7474
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....
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 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...
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 11:2; 2 Corinthians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 6:18; 2 Samuel 23:3;...
Spake — Invited me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his Spirit. Rise up — Shake off sloth, and disentangle thyself more fully from all the snares of this world. Come — Unto me, and with me; foll...