Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! LOVE - Hebrew, loves; manifold tokens of thy love. MUCH BETTER - answering to her "better than wine" (), but with increased force. An Amoebean pastoral character pervades the Song, like the classic Amoebean idylls and eclogues. WINE - the love of His saints is a more reviving cordial to Him than wine; e.g., at the feast in Simon's house. SMELL OF ... OINTMENTS THAN ALL SPICES - answering to her praise (), with increased force. Fragrant, as being fruits of His Spirit in us ()....

8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among lions, Psalms 57:4. Christ's heart is upon his church; his treasure is therein; and he delights in the affection she has for him; its working in the heart, and its works in the life. The odours wherewith the spouse is perfumed, are as the gifts and graces of the Spirit. Love and obedience to God are more pleasing to Christ than sacrifice or incense. Christ having put upon his spouse the white raiment of his own righteousness, and the righteousness of saints, and perfumed it...

Verse 10. _HOW MUCH BETTER IS THY LOVE_] דדיך _dodayich; Hebrew_. μαστοισου; _Septuagint_. _Ubera tua; Vulgate_. "Thy breasts." And so all the _versions_, except the _Chaldee_. _SMELL OF THINE OINTMENTS_] Perfumes....

The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inward character and sentiment. Song of Solomon 4:9 WITH ONE OF THINE EYES - Rather, with one look of thine. Song of Solomon 4:11 HONEYCOMB - literally, Thy lips distill a dropping (of pure honey). Compare the marginal references....

EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 4:1 BEHOLD, THOU ART FAIR, MY LOVE; BEHOLD, THOU ART FAIR; THINE EYES ARE AS DOVES BEHIND THY VEIL; THINE HAIR IS AS A FLOCK OF GOATS, THAT LIE ALONG THE SIDE OF MOUNT GILEAD. We commence, at this verse, the loving converse of the bridegroom with the bride, which we must suppose is heard as they travel together in the bridal procession. The words of adoring affection are chiefly spoken by the bridegroom, as is natural in the circumstances, and the reference to the journey, and its consummation in Song of Solomon 4:8, make it certain that the intention is to carry us in thought to the palanquin and the breathings of first love in bridal joy. The poetry is exquisite and truly Eastern, while yet absolutel

HOW FAIR IS THY LOVE, [MY] SISTER, MY SPOUSE!.... Of these titles, Song of Solomon 4:8; Song of Solomon 4:9; and of the love of the church to Christ, Song of Solomon 1:3; here said to be "fair", lovely and delightful, grateful and acceptable; as it is to Christ, in the several acts and effects of it, and therefore the word is plural, "thy loves" r; being exceeding beautiful in his eye, and extremely well pleasing to him; therefore says, "how fair!" as admiring it, it being hard to say how fair it was; and this appears from the large manifestations of Christ's love to those that love him; and from his causing all things to work together for the good of such; and

This is a chapter which is, perhaps, more adapted for private meditation than for rending in public. Nevertheless, as this is a communion season, and I trust that the most of us are partakers of the life of God, I could not resist reading it this evening. It is a love-song, the song of the loves of Jesus. As he sets forth the beauties and charms of his Church, may the like beauties and charms be found in every one of us through the grace which he imparts to us by his Spirit! May we, as parts of his mystical body, be fair and lovely in his esteem because he has bestowed upon us so much of his own loveliness! Let us walk so carefully with God that there may be nothing to put even a spot upon our garments, or to defile our grace-given comeliness. Song of Solomon 4:1. _Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;_ «Twice fair, first, through being wa

CHAPTER 4 The King, the Bridegroom speaks of her, who is “perfect through His comeliness put upon thee” Ezekiel 16:14. He tells out all she is in His sight and loving estimation. He has called her from the lions' den, from the mountains of the leopards (Song of Solomon 4:8); she has passed through the fires of persecution and tribulation and now His heart expresses His delight in her. There are eight descriptions of her beauty. He tells her, “Behold thou art fair, my love, behold thou art fair.” And after the description of the beauty He beholds in her, whom He has brought out of the wilderness and out of the lions' den, He says, “Thou art all fair, MY love; and there is no spot in thee.” He assures her of His delight in her. It is all His own workmanship; she has not made herself fair w

THE RESISTLESS CHARM OF THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. In the Oriental manner this enchantment is expressed in the sensuous terms of wine, honey, and delicious odours. SISTER is found in old Egyptian love-songs for the bride. RAVISH, steal away the heart, probably expresses the meaning of the rare Heb. form, which some translate _hearten, encourage._ The word _glance_ seems to be implied after eyes ONE CHAIN OF THY NECK: probably a mistake for something that we cannot now conjecture; it can now only be explained as a reference to her brilliant jewellery. LOVE, _i.e. caresses (cf._ Song of Solomon 1:2). Song of Solomon 4:10 may refer to sweet kisses or gentle speech ...

FAIR. sweet. LOVE. endearments. Hebrew. _dodim,_ as in Song of Solomon 1:2; Song of Solomon 1:4, and Song of Solomon 7:12. MY SISTER, MY SPOUSE. my sister betrothed. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27....