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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...
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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...
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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...
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ON THE EARTH. in the fields.
VOICE: i.e. cooing.
TURTLE. turtle-dove.. migratory bird (Jeremiah 8:7)....
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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;...
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_the flowers appear on the earth_ The outburst of spring flowers in
Palestine is wonderful. Stanley, _Sinai and Palestine_, p. 139, says:
"The hills and valleys … glow with what is peculiar to Palesti...
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TEXT 2:83:5
_SHULAMMITE:_ NARRATION TO COURT LADIES
(perhaps later)
a. Invitation from the beloved Song of Solomon 2:8-14
8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, leaping upon the
mountains, s...
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The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is
come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
FLOWERS - tokens of anger past, and of grace come. 'The summoned
bride i...
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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...
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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...
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It is the time of flowers: 'Everywhere this day the earth was
beautifully green, and carpeted with flowers. The air was fresh and
balmy and laden with the sweet scents of spring... The sky was so
blue...
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THE TIME OF THE SINGING — Heb., _zamîr· — _may mean _pruning_
(so LXX. and Vulg.), but parallelism requires _singing-time_ (a
meaning which analogy will certainly allow us to give to the Hebrew
word _...
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הַ נִּצָּנִים֙ נִרְא֣וּ בָ † אָ֔רֶץ
עֵ֥ת...
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TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of
Solomon 3:1; Song of So
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B. The Betrothal (Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of
Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon
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_Pruning. Protestants, "singing of birds. " (Haydock) --- But the
former version is better. (Septuagint, Symmachus, &c.) --- Turtle.
Which returns in spring, Isaias viii. 9. (Calmet) --- It denotes th...
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My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and
come away. (11) For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and
gone; (12) The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the sin...
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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...
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THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH,.... One of the first signs of the
spring being come t; and make the season delightful and pleasant; the
sun returning with its warming influences, herbs and plants are...
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The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is
come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Ver. 12. _The flowers appear on the earth._] Here we have a most
dainty...
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_My beloved spake_ Invited me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by
his Spirit. _Rise up, my love_ Shake off sloth, and disentangle
thyself more fully from all the snares of this world. _And come awa...
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the flowers appear on the earth, they are seen in the land with the
coming of spring; THE TIME OF THE SINGING OF BIRDS IS COME, for the
mating songs of the various birds called for a similar response...
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THE MUTUAL CALL OF LOVE...
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8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion
with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come.
This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints ha...
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Song of Solomon 2:12 flowers H5339 appear H7200 (H8738) earth H776
time H6256 singing H2158 come H5060 (H
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THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED.
_ ‘My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair
one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and
gone, The flowers appear on the earth,...
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Song of Solomon 2:11
There are two characteristics of spring that strike us, I do not say
as wrong, but as more belonging to human than Divine character. The
first of these is its changeableness, the...
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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...
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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...
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Song of Solomon 2:1. _Sharon_ was a fertile district not far from
Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 65:10....
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RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. FOR, LO, THE WINTER IS
PAST, THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE.
A Sermon for Spring
The works of creation are pictures to the children of God of the
secret myste...
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_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...
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THE KEY OF THE SUMMER
The flowers appear on the earth. Song of Solomon 2:12.
If, on this April morning, I were to ask the girls the name of their
favorite spring flower, I believe they would nearly...
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SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11 Springtime is often
celebrated as a time for lovers.
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NOTES
Song of Solomon 2:12: _The time of the singing of birds iS come_.
‘The time of the singing,’ עֵת הַזָּמִיר (_eth
ha-zamir_). Two meanings given to זָמִיר (_zamir_). GESENIUS and
others derive i...
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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...
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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...
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Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 5:18;...
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The flowers — The communications of God's grace, the gifts, and
graces, and comforts of the Holy Spirit, are vouchsafed unto, and
appear in believers, as buds and blossoms do in the spring. The turtle...