Song of Solomon 2:8-17 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. There can be little doubt as to the meaning of this song. The bride is going back in thought to the scenes of her home life, and the sweet days of first love. "The house stands alone among the rocks and deep in the mountain range; around are the vineyards which the family have planted, and the hill pastures on which they feed their flocks. She longingly looks out for her distant lover." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-10

The approach of the beloved. How poetically does this language picture the rural maiden m her mountain home—the lover climbing the hill like a young hart for strength and swiftness, looking in through the lattice window, calling to his beloved, and inviting her to join him amidst the beauty, the fragrance, and the freshness of the spring! So comes Christ unto the soul. I. THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED . Jesus speaks in his Word and gospel, and his utterance is There is no voice... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-13

Christ's coming makes a new epoch in our history. Nature is a mirror in which God is seen, and all the processes of nature are samples of God's works in us. Such analogies we ought to expect, because all the forces in nature are the projections of God's thoughts and purposes. The same God who works so mightily in the material world works with mighty grace in us. If, in the visible creation, he gives life to dead matter, so does he likewise give life to dead souls. The sun which rides in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The visit of the beloved. I. THE BRIDE 'S NARRATIVE . 1 . The description of his first coming. The bride seems to be relating to the chorus the circumstances of her first meeting with the bridegroom. The King of Israel sought her in her humble home among the mountains of Lebanon; there he wooed and won her to be his bride. So the heavenly Bridegroom, the true Solomon who built the spiritual temple of living stones, came from his glory throne to seek his bride, the Church; so he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The soul wooed and won. In this lovely pastoral the literal meaning is, we think, as stated in introduction to homily on Song of Solomon 2:15 . But it may be taken as setting forth how Christ woes and wins the souls he loves. The various stages are shown. I. THE SOUL HEARS HIS VOICE . "The voice of my Beloved" ( Song of Solomon 2:8 ). It is as said in John 10:1-42 ; "My sheep hear my voice." They hear it in the loving exhortations of those who would win them for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart; behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in at the windows, he showeth himself through the lattice. The tsevi is the gazelle, Arabic ghazal. Our word is derived through the Spanish or Moorish gazela . The young hart, or chamois, is probably so called from the covering of young hair (cf. 2 Samuel 2:18 ; Proverbs 6:5 ; Hebrews 3:19 ). Shulamith represents herself as within the house, waiting for her friend. Her beloved is standing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:10

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. The word "spake" Conveys the meaning in answer to a person appearing, but not necessarily in answer to a voice heard. We most suppose that Shulamith recognized her beloved, and made some sign that she was near, or looked forth from the window. As the soul responds, it is more and more invited; the voice of the Bridegroom is heard calling the object of his love by name, "I have called thee by thy name; thou art... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:11-12

Spring. According to St. Paul, God's natural world was intended to be—might, would, and should have been, but for man's sin—the Bible for the great part of mankind. "Nevertheless," said he to the men of Lycaonia, "God left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." And again ( Romans 1:1-32 ), he declares that "the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:11-13

For, lo, the winter is the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree ripeneth her green figs, and the vines are in blossom, they give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Winter; i.e. the cloudy stormy time ( sethauv ) . The Jews in Jerusalem to this day call rain shataa. The rain; i.e. the showers. The flowers, or the flowery... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:11-13

Spring time. In this poetical language there is an anticipation of that delight in rural scenery which we are accustomed to regard as distinctive of modern feeling and modern literature. But there is no doubt of the power of ardent love to colour all nature to the eye of him who yields himself to the strong emotion—the power of ardent love to make all this world melodious, fragrant, and fair. Emotion gives keenness to the sense and vigour to the imagination. And he whose mind is open, not... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8

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The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:11-13

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