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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 1 In this chapter, after the general title of the book, So 1:1, the church expresses her strong desires, and most ardent wishes, for some fresh discoveries of the love of Christ to her, and for communion with him; having tasted of his love, smelt a sweet savour in his grace, and enjoyed fellowship with him in his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Song of songs, which [is] Solomon's. Wrote by Solomon, king of Israel, as the "amanuensis" of the Holy Ghost; and not by Hezekiah and his men, as the Jews say (k): or, "concerning Solomon" (l); Christ, of whom Solomon was a type; see So 3:7; of his person, excellencies, love to his church, care of her, and concern for her; and of the nearness...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
The Title of the Book. 1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. We have here the title of this book, showing, 1. The nature of it; it is a song, that it might the better answer the intention, which is to stir up the affections and to heat them, which poetry will be very instrumental to do. The subject is pleasing, and therefore fit to be treated...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: No name. Is any name wanted? What name is good enough for him, our best Beloved? He plunges into the subject through excess of love. He forgets the name. “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee: Still is love pleading, you see, but here it is the other side pleading for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. The Person here alluded to is not named; this omission is very common and usual to all-absorbing love. The spouse is thinking so much of Christ Jesus her Lord that it is not necessary for her to name him; she cannot make a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth,.... That is, Solomon; Christ, the antitype of Solomon, the church's beloved; or it is a relative without an antecedent, which was only in her own mind, "let him"; him, whom her thoughts were so much employed about; her affections were so strongly after; and whose image was as it were before her,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. There is such a sweetness in the name. It is not like a box of ointment shut up, but like a sweet perfume that fills the room. For the merits of Jesus are so sweet that they perfume heaven itself....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Because of the savour of thy good ointments,.... It was usual for lovers to anoint themselves, their hair, garments, c. to commend themselves to each other and it was common to commend each other's ointments, and the grateful smell of them (q) none being like them, or so agreeable as theirs: by these ointments may be meant the grace of Christ, the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. The spouse surveys all the attributes of Christ, and she compares them to separate and precious ointments. Christ is anointed as Prophet, Priest and King, and in each of these anointings he is a source of sweetness and fragrance to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Draw me,.... With the cords of love, for what draw lovers to each other more strongly? under the influence of that they cannot bear to be without each other's company. Aben Ezra takes these words to be spoken by the virgins, who everyone of them said this, promising upon it to follow after the drawer; but they are rather the request of the church,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Draw me, we will run after thee: We want to get near to Christ, but we cannot. “Draw me,” we cry, “we will run after thee.” Son_1:4. The king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. The wine shall help us to remember him tonight when we come to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. The spouse was black in herself; sunburnt through her toil and hard suffering; yet lovely in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Draw me, we will run after thee: She feels, perhaps, as you do now, beloved brethren, heavy of heart; she cannot fly, nor go to reach her Lord; but her heart longs after him, so she cries, “Draw me, we will run after thee.” While she prays the prayer others feel it suitable to them also, so they join with her. When Christ draws us, we do not walk,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,.... The church having obtained of Christ, what she wanted, turns to the daughters of Jerusalem, the same perhaps with the virgins her companions; they seem to be young converts, it may be not yet members of the visible church, but had a great respect for the church, and she for them; and who,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. A strange contrast is a believer. He is black in himself, but he is comely in Christ. In himself he is foul as the smoke-dried tents of Kedar: but in his Lord he is as comely and rich as the curtains of Solomon.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am black, Ah, my soul, how true is that of thee! “I am black,” — Son_1:5. But comely, Oh, glorious faith, that can, through the blackness, still see the comeliness! We are comely when covered with the righteousness of Christ, though black in ourselves. “I am black, but comely,” — Son_1:5. O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Look not upon me,.... Meaning not with scorn and disdain because of her meanness; nor as prying into her infirmities to expose her; nor with joy at her trials and afflictions; neither of these can be supposed in the daughters of Jerusalem addressed by her: but rather, not look on her as amazed at her sufferings, as though some strange thing had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me; my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me; my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyards have I not kept. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest,— Still is there that same craving for nearness to The Beloved. Since we love Christ, we desire...