voice = sound: e.g. footsteps (Genesis 3:8 ). my beloved. Masculine. Showing that the Shulamite is the speaker. he: emphatic = this (very one). cometh = came. skipping = bounding. read more
THE SHULAMITE'S LOVER COMES TO RESCUE HER"The voice of my beloved! Behold he cometh,Leaping upon the mountains,Skipping upon the hills.My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart:Behold, he standeth behind our wall;He looketh in at the windows;He glanceth through the lattice.""My beloved ... leaping upon the mountains ... skipping upon the hills" (Song of Solomon 2:8). This is not the picture of a king ordering one of his eunuchs to bring a new concubine to his bed. No indeed! This is the... read more
Song of Solomon 2:8. The second day's eclogue begins here, belongs wholly to the spouse, and is addressed by her in a continued narration to the chorus of virgins. read more
8. voice—an exclamation of joyful surprise, evidently after a long silence. The restlessness of sin and fickleness in her had disturbed His rest with her, which she had professed not to wish disturbed "till He should please." He left her, but in sovereign grace unexpectedly heralds His return. She awakes, and at once recognizes His voice (1 Samuel 3:9; 1 Samuel 3:10; John 10:4); her sleep is not so sinfully deep as in John 10:4- :. leaping—bounding, as the roe does, over the roughest obstacles... read more
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 revert to this feature: ’We constantly had reason to admire the faint harmonious colouring of the wild flowers on the untilled plain. Cæsarea was surrounded by fields of the yellow marigold. Other flowers were also conspicuous—the red pheasant’s eye, in some cases as big as a poppy; blue pimpernels,... read more
A Visit and an Invitation8-13 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 house, and she gazes at him through the lattice, for she has seen his approach from afar. The unglazed, latticed windows of an Oriental house admits air and a softened light, allow those within to see out, and prevent their being observed from outside. 10. He would have her accompany him to the open... read more
(8) The voice of my beloved.—So here there is no need of the clumsy device of supposing the heroine in a dream. This most exquisite morsel of the whole poem falls quite naturally into its place if we regard it as a sweet recollection of the poet’s, put into the mouth of the object of his affections. “The voice” (Heb., kôl), used to arrest attention = Hark! (Comp. Psalms 29:0) The quick sense of love discerns his approach a long way off. (Compare—“Before he mounts the hill, I knowHe cometh... read more
The Winter Is Past (Tuesday after Low Sunday) Song of Solomon 2:10-13 I. 'My Beloved spake.' You must lay hold of that little word my: in it lies the chief virtue of love to God: it will be useless that He should be Chief among ten thousand, and altogether lovely, unless it may be my Lord and my God. But it is more than this here. 'My Beloved spake:' so He does in a thousand different ways, and with a thousand different voices. But that is not enough. 'My Beloved spake, and said unto me.'... read more
TRUE LOVE TESTEDSong 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 5:1THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon’s palace. A country maiden has just been introduced to the royal harem. The situation is painful enough in itself, for the poor, shy girl is experiencing the miserable loneliness of finding herself in an unsympathetic crowd. But that is not all. She is at once the object of general observation; every eye is turned towards her;... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17
2:8-6:3 MEMORIES AND DREAMSSpringtime and night-time (2:8-3:5)A fresh poem begins with the girl’s recalling the coming of her shepherd-lover across the hills to visit her at her house (8-9). She remembers his words as he invited her to go with him to visit the fields and vineyards, where the dreariness of winter had passed and the new life of spring was bursting out (10-15). But now she is alone again and he is in the fields looking after his sheep. She longs for the day when he will return to... read more