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Song of Solomon 6

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  The church professes her faith in Christ.
4  Christ shews the graces of the church;
10  and his love towards her.
Verse 1

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
O thou
4,9,10, 1:8, 2:2, 5:9, 1:4, Ruth 1:16,17, 2:12, Isaiah 2:5, Jeremiah 14:8, Zechariah 8:21-23, Acts 5:11-14
Verse 2

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
gone
11, 4:12-16, 5:1, Isaiah 58:11, 61:11, Matthew 18:20, 28:20
the beds
5:13
feed
1:7,8, Isaiah 40:11, Ezekiel 34:23, Zephaniah 3:17, John 4:34,35, Revelation 7:17
and to
2:2, Isaiah 57:1, John 14:3, 17:24, Philippians 1:21-23, 1 Thessalonians 4:13,14
Verse 3

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
my beloved's
2:16, 7:10, Hebrews 8:10, Revelation 21:2-4
he
2:16
Verse 4

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
beautiful
10, 2:14, 4:7, 5:2, Ezekiel 16:13,14, Ephesians 5:27
as Tirzah
1 Kings 14:17, 15:21,33
comely
Psalms 48:2, Lamentations 2:15, Revelation 21:2
terrible
10, Numbers 24:5-9, Psalms 144:4-8, Zechariah 12:3, 2 Corinthians 10:4, Revelation 19:14-16
Verse 5

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
away
Genesis 32:26-28, Exodus 32:10, Jeremiah 15:1, Matthew 15:27,28
overcome me
or, puffed me up.
4:1-3
Verse 6

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
4:2, Matthew 21:19, 25:30
Verse 7

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
4:3
Verse 8

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
1 Kings 11:1, 2 Chronicles 11:21, Psalms 45:14, Revelation 7:9
Verse 9

My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
My dove
2:14, 5:2
one; she
Numbers 23:9, Psalms 45:9, Galatians 4:26, Ephesians 4:3-6
The daughters
Deuteronomy 4:6,7, 33:29, Psalms 126:2, Proverbs 31:28,29, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, Revelation 21:9,10
Verse 10

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Who
3:6, 8:5, Isaiah 63:1, Revelation 21:10,11
looketh
2 Samuel 23:4, Job 11:17, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 58:8, Hosea 6:5, Revelation 22:16
fair
Job 31:26, Ephesians 5:27
clear
Psalms 14:5, Malachi 4:2, Matthew 13:43, 17:2, Revelation 10:1, 12:1, 21:23, 22:5
terrible
4, Romans 8:37
Verse 11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
the garden
2, 4:12-15, 5:1, Genesis 2:9, Psalms 92:12-15, John 15:16
to see the
7:12, Isaiah 5:2-4, Mark 11:13, Luke 13:7, Acts 15:36
Verse 12

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Or ever I was aware
Heb. I knew not. soul.
Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 11:8,9, Luke 15:20
made me like the chariots of Amminadib
or, set me on the chariots of my willing people.
Verse 13

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.
return
2:14, Jeremiah 3:12-14,22, Hosea 14:1-4
What
1:6, Luke 7:44, 15:10, 2 Thessalonians 1:10
Shulamite
Genesis 49:10, Psalms 76:2, Isaiah 8:6, John 9:7, Hebrews 7:2
As
John 10:16, Romans 3:29, Ephesians 2:14-17
two armies
or, Mahanaim.
Genesis 32:2, Romans 7:23, Galatians 5:17, Ephesians 6:10-19

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