Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Song of Solomon 5:7
went about: i.e. the patrol.
the city. She is still in Jerusalem and away from her country home. (See the notes, p. 920.)
took away my veil. This was gross insult to an Eastern woman.
went about: i.e. the patrol.
the city. She is still in Jerusalem and away from her country home. (See the notes, p. 920.)
took away my veil. This was gross insult to an Eastern woman.
Verse Song of Solomon 5:7. _TOOK AWAY MY VEIL_] They tore it off rudely, to discover who she was. See on Song of Solomon 5:2. To tear the veil signifies, in Eastern phrase, to deflower or dishonour a...
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...
ANOTHER DREAM-POEM. It is not certain where the division should be made here, but it is possible to treat these verses as a separate poem and regard Song of Solomon 5:8 f. as the introduction to the _...
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
In this dream all goes ill with her, in comparison with the former dream (Song of Solomon 3:1 ff.). Oettli suggests that this is due to the anxious state of mind in which she lay down to sleep, shrink...
DISCOURSE: 851 SPIRITUAL SLOTH REPROVED Song of Solomon 5:2. I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me my sitter, my love, my dove, my undefiled: fo...
THE WATCHMEN THAT WENT ABOUT THE CITY— _The watchmen that go about the city, found me; they smote me, they hurt me: the keepers of the walls plucked my veil off me._...
TEXT 5:28:4 _FOURTH SCENEThe King's Palace Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 8:4_ Retrospect Shulammite: Narration to Court Ladies of another dream, Song of Solomon 5:
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. WATCHMEN. Historically, the Jewish priests, etc. (see the note at...
The watchmen treat her as a mere night-wanderer: cp. the solicitude of Boaz for Ruth (Ruth 3 :M). They tore off her wrapper (Mark 14:51), a light garment which rested on the shoulders, or was thrown r...
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...
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....
This is a very sad verse. The guards are very cruel. Their behaviour is terrible. They laugh at the young woman. They hurt her. They hit her. They even take away her dress, so that she is ashamed. Th...
THE WATCHMEN. — See Note on Song of Solomon 3:3. VEIL. — Heb. _redîd;_ LXX. θέριστρόν. Probably a light summer dress for throwing over the person on going out in a hurry, like the _tsaiph_ put on by R...
מְצָאֻ֧נִי הַ שֹּׁמְרִ֛ים הַ סֹּבְבִ֥ים בָּ †...
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...
IV. Experiences Following Betrothal (Song of Solomon 5:2; Song of Solomon 6:1; Song of Solomon 7:1) 1. The Bride ...
The (f) watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. (f) These are the false teachers who wound the conscience with...
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. Some observations have been already made upon the watchmen finding t...
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...
THE WATCHMEN THAT WENT ABOUT THE CITY, FOUND ME,.... Of the city and the watchmen in it, and of their finding the church, Song of Solomon 3:2; Song of Solomon 3:3; THEY SMOTE ME, THEY WOUNDED ME; t...
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. Ver. 7. _The watchmen that went about the city, &c._] _See Trapp on...
_The watchman that went about the city_ The governors of the church, who, though by their place they are obliged to comfort the faithful, do frequently discourage them. _Found me_, and _smote me_ With...
The watchmen that went about the city found me; they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls, whose business it was to protect the inhabitants of the city, TOOK AWAY MY VEIL FROM ME, an ac...
CHRIST'S CALL TO THE DROWSY CHURCH. The Church Aroused from Sleep...
2-8 Churches and believers, by carelessness and security, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to notice our spiritual slumbers and distempers. Christ knocks to awaken us, knocks by his word and Spir...
THE WATCHMEN THAT WENT ABOUT THE CITY; the governors of the church, as SONG OF SOLOMON 3:3, who, though by their place and office they be obliged, to comfort and protect the faithful, do frequently di...
Song of Solomon 5:7 watchmen H8104 (H8802) about H5437 (H8802) city H5892 found H4672 (H8804) struck H5221
_ ‘I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spoke, I sought him, but I could not find him, I called him, but he gave me no answer. The...
Song of Solomon 5:2 I. Christ is ever knocking at the heart; in those who have not received Him, that they may receive Him; in those who have received Him, that they may receive Him more fully; in tho...
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...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 5:4 She decides to let him in, but he has already left. She pursues him. The WATCHMEN find her and BEAT her (contrast...
THE SEARCH AND ITS RESULTS Song of Solomon 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city Found me; they smote me; they wounded me: The keepers of the walls Took away my veil from me. A painful experienc...
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 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Corinthians 11:13; Acts 20:29;...
Watch — men — The governors of the church, who, though by their place they are obliged to comfort the faithful, do frequently discourage them. Smote — With bitter calumnies and persecutions. The keepe...