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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: Perhaps you are afraid, beloved, that the Master should look at you, for you feel yourself so unworthy. Son_1:6. My mother’s children were angry with me; You have been persecuted until your spirit is broken. Son_1:6. They made me the keeper of the vineyards; Perhaps you...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,.... With all her heart, cordially and sincerely; for, notwithstanding her sinful compliance with others, and neglect of her own affairs, she had not lost her love to Christ; and, being sensible of her sin and folly, whereby she was deprived of his company, and communion with him, applies to him to guide,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? See, dear friends, how this same seeking after the Beloved comes out in another shape in the third chapter of the Song. This exposition consisted of readings from Gen_45:1-13; Son_1:1-7; Son_3:1-5.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 the flocks of thy companions? There are other shepherds, though they are false ones, and these pretend to be companions of Christ; but why should we turn aside to them? And yet we shall, O our...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If thou know not,.... Or, "seeing thou knowest not" (m); the saints in this imperfect state know but in part, are ignorant of many things, and in some measure of themselves; for though they know much of the sinfulness and deceitfulness of their hearts, yet they know not all; and of their imperfection and weakness, yet not the whole of it; and some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,- Just note that; she said that she was black, but Christ says that she is the fairest among women; in fact, there is a passage in the Song where he twice over calls her fair; as Erskine puts it, — “Lo! thou art fair, lo! thou art fair, Twice fair art thou, I say; My grace, my righteousness becomes Thy...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I have compared thee, O my love,.... The church having taken the direction of Christ, had now found him, and was with him; and when for her encouragement and comfort he greets her as his love, an appellation very usual among lovers; and in the chastest sense between husband and wife; the church was Christ's love, being both the object and subject...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. True believers are as strong, as noble, as beautiful as the horses in Pharaoh’s chariot, which were renowned throughout all the world. Let us be like those horses, let us all pull together, let us draw the great chariot of our King behind us, let us be content to wear...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thy cheeks are comely with rows [of jewels],.... Or "beautiful as turtledoves", as the Septuagint; or it may be rendered "with turtles", since the word "jewels" is not in the text; not with images of turtles on the bridles of the horses before mentioned, as Aben Ezra; but rather some ornaments of women having such images on them may be meant,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. Christ here praises his Church. Orientals were in the habit of wearing jewels in such abundance that their cheeks were covered with them, and then they multiplied the chains of gold upon their necks; and the graces which Christ gives to his people, and especially the various...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. Christ here in his own name, and in the name of the other two divine Persons, promises to the church a greater glory than as yet she had enjoyed; and seems to have respect to the Gospel dispensation; for by "golden borders" studded with "silver" may be meant the ordinances of the Gospel,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. As if Father, Son, and Holy Ghost would all work together to make the believer perfectly beautiful.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While the King [sitteth] at his table,.... These are the words of the church, relating what influence the presence of Christ, her Lord and King, had upon the exercise of her graces, while he was keeping the nuptial feast, on account of his marriage with her. He was anointed King of saints from eternity, before his incarnation, when he was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; Not a sprig, mark you, but a bundle of myrrh.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
A bundle of myrrh [is] my well beloved unto me,.... These are the words of the church continued; expressing her great delight in Christ, and her strong love and affection for him, and therefore calls him "my well beloved"; which is expressive both of the greatness of Christ's love to her, and of the strength of her affection to him, as well as of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. Christ, as a bundle of myrrh, shall always be near our hearts, so that every life-pulse shall come from him.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. Engedi was a place near Jericho, and famous for palm trees, as that was, hence called Hazazontamar, 2 Chronicles 20:2. Pliny (o) sneaking of this place, which he calls Engadda, says, it is second to Jerusalem for fertility and groves of palm trees; and Josephus (p)...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. He is not, I say again, one sprig or spray of camphire, but a cluster of it. The spouse, you see, multiplies figures to describe her Bridegroom, and even when she has done so, she cannot reach the height of his glory. “Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars, Nor heaven,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love,.... These are the words of Christ, commending the beauty and comeliness of the church, expressing his great affection for her, and his high esteem of her; of her fairness and beauty, [See comments on So 1:5], [See comments on So 1:8]; of the title of Christ's love, as given her by him, [See comments on So 1:9]; a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes. So Christ speaks of his Church, she has the soft, mild, tender eyes of a dove. Besides, she has the discerning eye by which the dove can distinguish between carrion and fit food; and then she has a clear eye like that of the dove. You know that the dove, or pigeon, when...