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Song of Songs 5

Sng 5:1—The Bridegroom replies.

Sng 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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.

I am come into my garden

Sng 4:16.

I have eaten my honeycomb

Sng 4:11.

Sng 5:2-5—Part IV. A separation of interest: the bride speaks (to Sng 5:5).

Sng 5:2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

I sleep

The bride is satisfied with her washed feet while the Bridegroom, His "head filled with dew," and His "locks with the drops of night," is toiling for others. See Luke 6:12; 14:21-23. The state of the bride is not one of sin, but of neglect of service. She is preoccupied with the graces and perfections which she has in Christ through the Spirit (1Co 12:4-11; Gal 5:22, 23). It is mysticism, unbalanced by the activities of the Christian warfare. Her feet are washed, her hands drop with sweet smelling myrrh; but He has gone on, and now she must seek Him (cf. Luk 2:44, 45).

Sng 5:6-8—Part V. The seeking bride (to Sng 6:3).

Sng 5:6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

I opened to my beloved

Observe, it is now the Bridegroom Himself who occupies her heart, not His gifts— myrrh and washed feet (Jhn 13:2-9).

Sng 5:7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

The watchmen…found me

Sng 3:3.

Sng 5:9—The daughters of Jerusalem speak.

Sng 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

O thou fairest among women?

Sng 1:8.

Sng 5:10-16—The bride answers.

Sng 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

chiefest

Heb. a standard bearer.

Sng 5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

eyes of doves

Sng 1:15; 4:1.

fitly set

Heb. sitting in fulness; i.e. fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring.

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