Song of Solomon 3:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1

The soul's love. This whole book is a glorification of love; it teaches that human love, if true, is sacred, ennobling, and inspiring; it shows the excellence of human love, that it is worthy of being the emblem of that love which is spiritual and Divine. As St. John has taught us, "He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is love." The Object of the Christian's love is Christ, in whom the love of God has been revealed and communicated to us. I. THE GROUNDS OF THE SOUL 'S ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1-4

The search for the true King. When once the Spirit of truth has begun his work in the heart, there is a strong yearning after Jesus. In fulfilling his mission as the Revealer of Christ, the Spirit excites within us intense longings to have the friendship of Jesus. We take this as clear proof that a work of grace has begun in us if we feel that none but Christ can satisfy. Now we can part with all we have to obtain this goodly pearl. As the man who had inadvertently slain a fellow flees... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1-5

The dream of the bride. I. THE ABSENCE OF THE BELOVED . 1 . The bride ' s distress. In the last chapter the bride related to her female friends some of the incidents of her early love; here she seems to be relating a dream of those same well remembered days. The whole narrative, like that of So Song of Solomon 5:2-8 , has a dream-like character. The circumstances are not such as would be likely to occur in real life; but the longing, the wandering, the search, represent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1-5

Love's dream. It is a dream that is told of in these verses. It was natural for her who tells it to have dreamt such a dream. Lifting up the story to the higher level of things spiritual, what these verses say suggests— I. CONCERNING DREAMS GENERALLY . They are often revelations of life and character. Sometimes they are mere folly, the misty vapours exhaled by a gross and over-fed body. But at other times, as here, they have a deeper meaning. They show the manner of a man's life,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:2

(I said) I will rise now, and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways; I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. Delitzsch renders, "So I will arise, then." The words of the maiden are quite inconsistent with the hypothesis of a shepherd lover, for in that case she would seek him, not in the streets, but outside the city. Some think the city referred to is Jerusalem, with its markets and streets—the royal city (cf. Proverbs 7:11 ). If it is a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:2-4

The soul's guest rewarded. The romantic incident here poetically related has usually been regarded as a picture of the experiences through which many a soul is permitted to pass during this state of probation and Divine discipline. I. THE SOUL 'S SEARCH . 1 . The appreciation of Christ involved in this quest. Men seek for gold because they value it; they dive for pearls and dig for precious stones. Multitudes are indifferent to the Saviour because they know him not; because... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:3

The watchmen that go about the city found me: (to whom I said) Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? The simplicity of these words is very striking. They confirm the view that the bride is recalling what occurred in her country life. The watchmen make no reply, and do not treat her ill, as in the dream related in So Song of Solomon 5:7 , where they are keepers of the walls, and smite her and wound her. In a small country town she might have been recognized, or known to be really in trouble.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:3

The watchmen. In this verse very much that it concerns Christ's ministers to give heed to is suggested. I. THE WATCH THEY HAVE TO KEEP . Christ's ministers are meant ( Isaiah 52:8 ; Isaiah 62:6 ; Ezekiel 33:7 ). Their watch is to be over themselves, over their teaching, over the Church of God. II. THE REASON OF THEIR APPOINTMENT . It is night, when men sleep, when the foe takes advantage; hence the need of watchmen ( Isaiah 21:11 , Isaiah 21:12 ). ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:4

It was but a little that I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. This verse plainly points to the search referred to in the previous verse being limited to the neighbourhood of Shulamith's home. The lover was not far off, though he had delayed his coming. Possibly it is a real occurrence which is related. In that case we must suppose that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:5

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awaken love, until it please. This is the refrain which divides the poem. We thus perceive that the whole of the preceding passage has been uttered by the bride in the presence of the ladies. There is no occasion to connect a refrain very closely with the words which go before it. Like the ancient Greek chorus, it may express a general sentiment in harmony with the pervading feeling... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1

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The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:3

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The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:5

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