“ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. ”
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...
Song of Solomon 2:8-17 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...
My beloved. Masculine. Showing the Shulamite as the speaker. he feedeth . he who feedeth.
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. My beloved is mine - The words of the bride on his entering: "I am thy own; thou art wholly mine." He feedeth among the lilies - Th...
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Mine ... his - rather, 'is for me ... for Him.' Hosea 3:3 , where, as here, there is the assurance of indissoluble union, in sp...
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...
He feedeth. — Heb., he that is feeding his flock — the pastor.
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
B. The Betrothal ( Song of Solomon 2:8-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 6:1-13 ; Song of Solomon 7:1-9 ) I. Memories of the Wooing...
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Here is a short verse, but as comprehensive a one as almost any in the Bible. I need not observe that these are the words of the church...
My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his ,.... These are the words of the church; who, having had such evidences of Christ's love to her, and care of her, expresses her faith of interest in him, and sug...
My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies. Ver. 16. My beloved is mine, and I am his. ] Hitherto the Church hath related Christ's words to herself and others. Now she shuts...
My beloved is mine These are the words of the bride, who, having come to him upon his gracious invitation, now maketh her boast of him. He feedeth among the lilies Abideth and refresheth himself...
The Love of the Church to Christ. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the sta...
My Beloved is mine, and I am his: these are the words of the bride, who having come to him upon his gracious invitation, now maketh her boast of him, and of that intimate union and communion which...
Notes Song of Solomon 2:15 : Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines . שֻׁעָלִים ( shualim ) foxes. So the old translators. Sometimes also used for jackals , as Judges 15:4 ;...
Song of Solomon 2:16 These few deep words express the bond or hold of love between Christ and His Elect, whether they be saints or penitents, and they fasten it by a twofold strength. "My beloved...
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...
Song of Solomon 2:1 . Sharon was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 65:10 . Song of Solomon 2:6 . His left hand is under my head, conferring...
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 Ch...
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 lo...
The Mutual Call of Love
1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ; Psalms 48:14 ; Psalms 63:1 ; Revelation 21:2 ; Revelation 21:3 ; Song of Solomon 6:3 ; Song of Solomon 7:10 ; Song of Solomon 7:13...
My beloved — These are the words of the bride, who having come to him upon his gracious invitation, now maketh her boast of him. He feedeth — Abideth and refresheth himself amongst his faithful peo...