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Verse 14. _MY DOVE - IN THE CLEFTS OF THE ROCK_] He compares his bride
hiding herself in her secret chambers and closets to a _dove_ in the
clefts of the rock....
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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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SECRET PLACES OF THE STAIRS. the hiding places of the cliff....
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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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_clefts of the rock_ Rather, _hiding places of the rock_. The word
_chaghwç_occurs only here and in the quotation from an older prophet
which is found in Jeremiah 49:16 and Obadiah 1:3. There is no ro...
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O MY DOVE, &C.— _O my dove, through the clefts of the rocks, through
the secret places of the stairs let me see thee,_ &c. New Translation....
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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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O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places
of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for
sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
O MY DOV...
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15. He begs her to lay aside her coyness, for she is concealing
herself, like a dove in an inaccessible mountain gorge. Where there is
no village pigeon-house the wild doves of Syria build in hollows...
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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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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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O MY DOVE... IN THE CLEFTS OF THE ROCK. — The rock pigeon (_Columba
livia_)_,_ the origin of the domestic races, invariably selects the
lofty cliffs and deep ravines (comp. Jeremiah 48:28; Ezekiel 7:1...
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יֹונָתִ֞י בְּ חַגְוֵ֣י הַ סֶּ֗לַע בְּ
סֵ֨תֶר֙
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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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_Rock. Wild pigeons retire thither. (Varro, iii. 7.) Greek: Koilen
eiseptato petren. (Il. 20. Ser. xlviii. 28.) (Calmet) --- Holy souls
seek protection in the wounds of their Saviour. (St. Gregory; St...
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O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of
the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for
sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Here are se...
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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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O MY DOVE,.... An epithet sometimes used by lovers q, and is a new
title Christ gives to his church, to express his affection for her and
interest in her; and to draw her out of her retirement, to go...
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_O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock, in the secret
[places] of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy
voice; for sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance [is] comely._...
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Song 2:14. 'O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the
secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear
thy voice." There is probably respect here to the rock of mount Z...
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_O my dove_ So the church is called, for her dove-like temper, and for
her dove-like condition, because she is weak, and exposed to
persecution, and therefore forced to hide herself in rocks; _in the...
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THE MUTUAL CALL OF LOVE...
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O My dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, secure and protected,
in the secret places of the stairs, the ladders of rock or the cliffs,
LET ME SEE THY COUNTENANCE, her entire form, LET ME HEAR THY...
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14-17 The church is Christ's dove; she returns to him, as her Noah.
Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can think herself safe, and find
herself easy, as a dove in the hole of a rock, when struck a...
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MY DOVE; so the church is called, partly for her dove-like temper and
disposition, because she is chaste, and mild, and harmless, &c.; and
partly for her dove-like condition, because she is weak, and...
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Song of Solomon 2:14 dove H3123 clefts H2288 rock H5553 secret H5643
cliff H4095 see H7200 (H8685) face...
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When she does not respond THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED continues.
_ “O my dove, who is in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the
steep place, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice, For sweet...
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DOVE
There is beautiful order here. First we have what the bride is as
seen in Christ, "My dove." In herself most faulty; in Him "blameless
and harmless" (Philippians 2:15) the very character of 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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_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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_O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places
of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice._
A SERMON FOR LENT
My text contains a parable. The parable is on...
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BRIDEGROOM’S SECOND CALL
Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove,
That art in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the stairs;
Let me see thy countenance,
Let me hear thy voice;
For sweet is thy v...
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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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1 Peter 3:4; Colossians 1:22; Daniel 9:7; Ephesians 5:27; Exodus 3:6;...
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My dove — So the church is called, for her dove — like temper, and
for her dove — like condition, because she is weak, and exposed to
persecution, and therefore forced to hide herself in rocks. The st...