Until the day shall break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a (k) roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
(k) The church desires Christ to be most ready to help her in all dangers.
Verse 17. _UNTIL THE DAY BREAK_] Literally, _until the day breathe_; until the first dawn, which is usually accompanied with the most refreshing _breezes_. _THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY_] Referring to the _...
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...
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK. When the day cools. This is clear from the words which follow. TURN. return. BETHER. separation. See note on Song of Solomon 8:14....
Alarmed for his safety, she now exhorts her lover to depart till the evening when he might return with greater safety. _Until the day break_ R.V. UNTIL THE DAY BE COOL, lit. _until the day blow_, i.e....
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;...
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, &C.— _Until the day breathe,_ or, _till the day blow fresh,_ for this is the literal meaning of the original. This is a local beauty; for in those hot countries the dawn of the da...
TEXT 2:15-17 b. Intervention of the Brothers Song of Solomon 2:15-17 Their behest, Song of Solomon 2:15; Her avowal, Song of Solomon 2:16; Her request to the shepherd,
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. DAY BREAK ... SHADOWS FLEE AWAY. Night is the image of the pr...
2:17 Turn, (f-10) Or 'Return.' Bether. (g-26) Meaning, cloven, or full of ravines....
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...
At midday the heat is overpowering—All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.' But at sunset the day 'breathes' (RM); a cool breeze blows, and the shado...
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK. — Heb., _breathe, i.e., becomes cool,_ as it does when the evening breeze sets in. The time indicated is therefore evening, “the breathing blushing hour” (Campbell). (Comp. Genesi...
עַ֤ד שֶׁ יָּפ֨וּחַ֙ הַ יֹּ֔ום וְ נָ֖סוּ
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
Break. Or "yield a refreshing air," ( aspiret) in the morning, (Haydock) and evening, when she begs he will return, (Theodoret) as she could not enjoy his company in the day-time, chap. i. 1., and iv....
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. The church in this verse is looking to her beloved with great con...
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...
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY,.... Which may be connected with Song of Solomon 2:16; either with the former part, "my beloved is mine", c. Song of Solomon 2:16 and then the sense is,...
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. Ver. 17. _Until the day break, and the shadows flee away._] Unti...
_Until the day-break_ Until the morning of that blessed day of the general resurrection, when all the shadows, not only of ignorance, and sin, and calamity, but even of all ordinances, and outward adm...
THE MUTUAL CALL OF LOVE...
Until the day break, namely, that of eternity, AND THE SHADOWS, those of this present world with its manifold troubles, FLEE AWAY, TURN, MY BELOVED, to visit and remain with the bride, AND BE THOU LIK...
OF BETHER: Or, of division...
14-17 The church is Christ's dove; she returns to him, as her Noah. Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can think herself safe, and find herself easy, as a dove in the hole of a rock, when struck a...
UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY; until the morning of that great and blessed day of the general resurrection and judgment, when all the shadows, not only of ignorance, and sin, and cala...
Song of Solomon 2:17 day H3117 breaks H6315 (H8799) shadows H6752 away H5127 (H8804) Turn H5437 (H8798
Song of Solomon 2:17 Whatever the first use and intent of this phrase, it describes a waiting and a joy to come; a waiting under darkness and shadow, and a joy to come with the light. And so the word...
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....
_Until the day break, and the shadows flee away._ DARKNESS BEFORE THE DAWN The spouse sings, “Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,” so that the beloved of the Lord may be in the dark. A ch...
_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...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:17 Presumably the woman wants her BELOVED to TURN toward her rather than away from her....
NOTES Song of Solomon 2:15: _Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines_. שֻׁעָלִים (_shualim_) foxes. So the old translators. Sometimes also used for _jackals_, as Judges 15:4; Psalms...
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 Peter 1:19; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 8:5; Luke 1:78; Romans 13:12;...
Until — Until the morning of that blessed day of the general resurrection, when all the shadows, not only of ignorance, and sin, and calamity, but even of outward administrations, shall cease. Turn —...