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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

These words are Christ's answer to the church's prayer in the close of the foregoing chapter, Let my beloved come into his garden; here he has come, and lets her know it. See how ready God is to hear prayer, how ready Christ is to accept the invitations that his people give him, though we are backward to hear his calls and accept his invitations. He is free in condescending to us, while we are shy of ascending to him. Observe how the return answered the request, and outdid it. 1. She called... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

In this song of loves and joys we have here a very melancholy scene; the spouse here speaks, not to her beloved (as before, for he has withdrawn), but of him, and it is a sad story she tells of her own folly and ill conduct towards him, notwithstanding his kindness, and of the just rebukes she fell under for it. Perhaps it may refer to Solomon's own apostasy from God, and the sad effects of that apostasy after God had come into his garden, had taken possession of the temple he had built, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse ,.... This verse should rather have concluded the preceding chapter, being Christ's answer to the church's request, which was speedily and exactly granted as she desired; which shows it was according to the will of Christ, and of which he informs her; for sometimes he is present, when it is not known he is: of the titles used, see Song of Solomon 4:8 ; and of Christ's coming into his garden, Song of Solomon 4:16 . What he did, when come... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh ,.... Like persons that are half awake, half asleep, whom Cicero F24 Familiar. Epist. l. 7. Ep. 1. calls "semisomni". Christ and the church having feasted together at his invitation, she soon after fell asleep, as the disciples did after a repast with their Lord; yet not so fast asleep but that she was sensible of it; for this was not the dead sleep of sin, in which unconverted men are, and are insensible of; nor a judicial slumber some are given up unto,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat ,.... In order to lie down on her bed at night, and take her ease; meaning her conversation garments, which she had not been careful of to keep, but had betook herself to carnal ease and rest, and was off her watch and guard, Nehemiah 4:23 ; and being at ease, and free from trouble, affliction, and persecution, was unwilling to arise and go with her beloved, lest she should meet with the same trials and sufferings as before, for the sake of him and his Gospel; which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:1

I am come into my garden - באתי bathi , I came, or have come; this should be translated in the past tense, as the other preterite verbs in this clause. I think the latter clause of the preceding verse should come in here: "Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. I have come into my garden, my sister, callah , or spouse; I have gathered my myrrh," etc. I have taken thee for my spouse, and am perfectly satisfied that thou art pure and immaculate. Eat, O... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh - This is a new part; and some suppose that the fifth day's solemnity begins here. Though I sleep, yet so impressed is may heart with the excellences of my beloved, that my imagination presents him to me in the most pleasing dreams throughout the night. I doubt whether the whole, from this verse to the end of the seventh, be not a dream: several parts of it bear this resemblance; and I confess there are some parts of it, such as her hesitating to rise, his sudden... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat - The bride must have been in a dream or in much disorder of mind to have made the frivolous excuses here mentioned. The words relate to the case of a person who had gone to take rest on his bed. As they wore nothing but sandals, they were obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. I have washed my feet, taken off my clothes, and am gone to bed: I cannot therefore be disturbed. A Hindoo always washes his feet before he goes to bed. If called from his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. My myrrh with my balsam (see 1 Kings 10:10 ). There were celebrated plantations at Jericho. The Queen of Sheba brought "of spices very great store;" "There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon." Is there a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

Christ's response. "I am come," etc. Here we have for the second time the name of "sister" prefixed to that of "spouse," and it seems to teach that this song is not to be understood in any mere dry, literal, earthly sense; but is to be regarded in such spiritual way as, in fact, most readers have regarded it. How prompt Christ's answer is! Cf. Isaiah 65:24 , "Before they call I will answer," etc. The soul hears the knock of Christ, opens the door, and at once he comes in ( Revelation... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1

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