Behold These words are evidently spoken by the bridegroom; thou art fair Being clothed with my righteousness, and adorned with all the graces of my Spirit. Behold, thou art fair He repeats it both to confirm his assertion, and to show the fervency of his affection. Thou hast dove's eyes Whereas the beauty of the spouse is here described in her several parts, we need not labour much about the application of each particular to some distinct grace of the church, it being the chief design of the description to show that completeness and absolute perfection which the church hath in part received, and shall more fully receive in the future life. Thy hair is as a flock of goats That is, as the hair of a flock of goats, which in these parts was of extraordinary length, softness, and comeliness; that appear from mount Gilead A very fruitful place, fit for breeding all sorts of cattle, and especially of goats, because it was a hilly and woody country.
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Song of Solomon 4:1
1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.