Song of Solomon 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

I charge you ... - so Song of Solomon 2:7; but there it was for the non-interruption of her own fellowship with Jesus Christ that she was anxious; here it is for the not grieving of the Holy Spirit on the part of the daughters of Jerusalem. Jealously avoid levity, heedlessness, and offences, which would mar the gracious work begun in others (Matthew 18:7; Acts 2:42-43).

Historically, the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth, typified by the tabernacle with the Shekinah-cloud in the wilderness, and the temple reared by Solomon.

Song of Solomon 3:5

5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.