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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 4 In this chapter is contained a large commendation of the church's beauty by Christ; first, more particularly, by an enumeration of several parts, as her eyes, hair, teeth, lips, temples, neck, and breasts, So 4:1; and more generally, So 4:7; And having observed where he himself was determined to go, he invites her...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair,.... The same as in So 1:15; here repeated by Christ, to introduce the following commendation; to express the greatness of his love to his church; and show that he had the same opinion of her, and esteem for her, notwithstanding what had passed between that time and this; thou [hast] doves'...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter, I. Jesus Christ, having espoused his church to himself (ch. iii. 11), highly commends her beauty in the several expressions of it, concluding her fair, all fair, ver. 1-5 and again, ver. 7. II. He retires himself, and invites her with him, from the mountains of terror to those of delight, ver. 6, 8. III. He professes his love to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; “Twice fair, first, through being washed in my blood, and next, through being sanctified by my Spirit!” Son_4:1. Thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: Jesus prizes the love of his people which flashes forth from their eyes as they look upon him. The good works of his people, like the locks...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep],.... That is, like the teeth of a flock of sheep; as her eyes were like the eyes of doves, and her hair like the hair of goats: and Galen long ago observed, that human teeth are much like the teeth of sheep, in figure, order, and structure, as well as are small and white; neatly set, innocent and harmless,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy teeth — Those parts of our spiritual being with which we feed upon Christ, and masticate and assimilate the Word: “Thy teeth “ — Son_4:2. Are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. We should seek so to feed upon the Word as to become fruitful by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet,.... To a "thread" for thinness, to "scarlet" for colour; thin red lips being beautiful, as well as white teeth; so the beautiful Aspasia had red lips (b), and teeth whiter than snow; hence we read of red and purple lips (c). Now as lips are the instruments of speech, the words of the church, and of all true...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And well they may be, for what is there for the believer to talk about but the scarlet of the Saviour’s blood, that matchless bath in which we are washed whiter than snow? My mouth, be thou filled with the praises of the Lord, that my lips may be like a thread of scarlet! Son_4:3. And thy speech is comely:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy neck [is] like the tower of David, builded for an armoury,.... This was either the strong hold of Zion; or some tower erected by David for an armoury, wherein his worthies or mighty men bring up their shields; Mr. Sandys (k) says, it stood aloft in the utmost angle of a mountain, whose ruins are yet extant: though the neck is compared to this,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, And what is this but our faith? Does not the neck join the body to the head, and is not faith that connecting link by which we are united to Christ? Oh, for that faith which is like the tower of David builded for an armoury! It is sure to be assaulted, let it, therefore, be firmly...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins,.... Or, "two fawns, the twins of a doe": Providence, as Plutarch observes (p), has given to women two breasts, that, should they have twins, both might have a fountain of nourishment; and are fitly compared to twins of the doe. The hind, for the most part, brings but one roe at a time; but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. The ordinances of God’s house are very delightful to Christ, and to his people too; and, consequently, that part of our spiritual being which seeks to feed others, and specially to nourish the young believer, is very precious in Christ’s esteem. When he has...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,.... Until the day of grace breaks on every elect sinner, and the shadows of darkness, ignorance, and unbelief, are in a great measure fled and gone; or until the everlasting day breaks, and there will be no more night, nor any darkness of affliction, nor any more desertion, doubts, and fears; see So...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. Our Beloved has gone away from us until the day of his reappearing, —until the night of his Church’s anxiety is over, and the Sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings Jesus has gone from earth, but where is he?...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou art all fair, my love,.... Being justified by the righteousness of Christ, washed in his blood, and sanctified by his Spirit; of the title, my "love", see So 1:9. The church is often said by Christ to be "fair", his "fair one", and the "fairest among women", So 1:8; but here "all fair", being a perfection of beauty, and perfectly comely...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. Drink that truth in, Christian. If ever there was a honeycomb full of virgin honey, it is here. Though in thyself thou art defiled, yet in the eye of Jesus, looked upon as covered with his righteousness, “thou art all fair;” nay, more, “there is no spot in thee.” Thou art as dear to him as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon,.... This is a new title given the church, my "spouse"; here first mentioned, because the day of espousals was over, So 3:11; and having on the wedding garment, in which she was so fair and spotless, as before described, she looked somewhat like a bride, and the spouse of Christ; and is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards. My heart, leave thou the world, leave its sweet places, though Lebanon be full of fragrance, leave it. Leave the world’s high places; though the top of Amana may seem...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse,.... Here another new title is given to the church, "my sister", with the repetition of the former, my "spouse": for one and the same person, with the Hebrews, might be sister and spouse; see 1 Corinthians 9:5. And this may be used in a love strain, and so not improper in a love poem, as this was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast ravished my heart, — I think the Septuagint reads it, “Thou hast unhearted me,” as if Christ’s people had taken away his heart, so that it was all theirs, and not his any longer. “Thou hast ravished my heart,” — Son_4:9. My sister my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. The eye of love,...