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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Song of Solomon
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 74,116 words · 86 reading sections
Song of Solomon 6:7
Song of Solomon 6:7 Ver. 7. As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks. The same descriptions are given in So 4:3; See Gill on "So 4:3"; and these are repeated, to show the reality of the church's beauty, and for the sake of confirmation; and that it still continued the same, notwithstanding her fa…
153 wordsSECTION 62Song of Solomon 6:8
Song of Solomon 6:8 Ver. 8. There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. In this verse and So 6:9 the church is commended as she stood related to others; and is compared with them, and preferred to them. The words may be considered either as an assertion, "there are", &c. or as a …
442 wordsSECTION 63Song of Solomon 6:9
Song of Solomon 6:9 Ver. 9. My dove, my undefiled, is [but] one,.... Of these titles, see So 2:14. Christ's church is called one, in distinction from the many before mentioned; and either designs her small number, in comparison of the nations of the world, and of false churches, like one to sixty or eighty, and even t…
473 wordsSECTION 64Song of Solomon 6:10
Song of Solomon 6:10 Ver. 10. Who is she [that] looketh forth as the morning?.... These words may be connected with the preceding, by a supplement of the word "saying"; and so may express what the daughters said, when they blessed and praised the church, wondering at her beauty, it being like the rising morning; so He…
632 wordsSECTION 65Song of Solomon 6:11
Song of Solomon 6:11 Ver. 11. I went down into the garden of nuts,.... This is very properly taken notice of in this song of love; it being usual for newly married persons to get nuts, and throw them among children, to make pastime; to signify, among other things, that they now renounced childish things {u}. These are…
1,828 wordsSECTION 66Song of Solomon 7:1
Song of Solomon 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 7 In this chapter Christ gives a fresh commendation of the beauty of his church, in a different order and method than before; beginning with her "feet", and so rising upwards to the "hair" of her head, and the roof of her mouth, So 7:1; And then the church asserts h…
1,098 wordsSECTION 67Song of Solomon 7:2
Song of Solomon 7:2 Ver. 2. Thy navel [is like] a round goblet,.... According to some, not the navel itself is meant; but a covering of it, a jewel or plate of gold in the shape of it; and because the word for "round", in the Chaldee language, signifies the "moon", and so Ben Melech interprets it, some have thought of…
809 wordsSECTION 68Song of Solomon 7:3
Song of Solomon 7:3 Ver. 3. Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins. See Gill on "So 4:5".…
24 wordsSECTION 69Song of Solomon 7:4
Song of Solomon 7:4 Ver. 4. Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory,.... Two things recommend the neck, erectness and whiteness; both are here expressed, the one by a "tower", the other by "ivory"; hence a fine beautiful neck is called an ivory one {t}; and for the same reason it sometimes has the epithet of "snowy" {u}, an…
921 wordsSECTION 70Song of Solomon 7:5
Song of Solomon 7:5 Ver. 5. Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel,.... Set with hair, thick and long, as Carmel with plants and trees. Now Christ is the church's Head in various senses; he is her federal and representative Head in eternity and time; her political Head, as a King to his subjects; an economical Head, as…
617 wordsSECTION 71Song of Solomon 7:6
Song of Solomon 7:6 Ver. 6. How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!] These are the words of the King in the galleries, wondering at the church's beauty, it being incomparable and inexpressible, it could not be said well how great it was; and expressing the strength of his love to her, which was invar…
190 wordsSECTION 72Song of Solomon 7:7
Song of Solomon 7:7 Ver. 7. This thy stature is like to a palm tree,.... Made up of the above parts commended, and others had in view, as appears from the relative "this". The word for "stature" properly signifies height, tallness, and erectness; and which were reckoned agreeable in women, as well as men; See Gill on …
578 wordsSECTION 73Song of Solomon 7:8
Song of Solomon 7:8 Ver. 8. I said, I will go up to the palm tree,.... Which is easy of ascent; having, in the bark of the trunk or body of the tree, rings like steps, whereby the eastern people climb it with incredible swiftness, as Pliny {n} relates: these steps are made by the lower boughs being lopped off, whose k…
569 wordsSECTION 74Song of Solomon 7:9
Song of Solomon 7:9 Ver. 9. And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine,.... Which may intend, either her taste, as the word is rendered in So 2:3; by which she can distinguish good wine from bad, truth from error; or her breath, sweet and of a good smell, like the best wine; the breathings of her soul in prayer, whi…
698 wordsSECTION 75Song of Solomon 7:10
Song of Solomon 7:10 Ver. 10. I [am] my beloved's,.... These are the words of the church, strongly expressing the assurance of faith she had of her union to Christ, and interest in him; which shows that "that" grace is attainable, and that there may be a continuation of the exercise of it; it may be expressed again an…
438 wordsSECTION 76Song of Solomon 7:11
Song of Solomon 7:11 Ver. 11. Come, my beloved,.... The word come is often used by Christ, and here by the church, in imitation of him; see So 2:10. This call is the call of the church upon Christ, to make good his promise, So 7:8; and is an earnest desire after the presence of Christ, and the manifestations of his lo…
572 wordsSECTION 77Song of Solomon 7:12
Song of Solomon 7:12 Ver. 12. Let us get up early to the vineyards,.... After a night's lodging in the fields, or among the "Cyprus trees". By which "vineyards" may be meant particular churches, gathered according to Gospel order, and distinguished from the world, planted with fruitful vines, and fenced by almighty po…
1,533 wordsSECTION 78Song of Solomon 8:1
Song of Solomon 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8 This chapter begins with an ardent wish of the church for a free and intimate converse with Christ; declaring what she would do to him, and for him, should she have such an interview with him, So 8:1; what familiarity should be between them, So 8:3; charging the d…
913 wordsSECTION 79Song of Solomon 8:2
Song of Solomon 8:2 Ver. 2. I would lead thee, [and] bring, thee into mother's house,.... The general assembly and church of the firstborn is mother to the church visible, to particular churches and believers, where they are born, educated, and brought up; for which they have a great affection, as persons usually have…
709 wordsSECTION 80Song of Solomon 8:3
Song of Solomon 8:3 Ver. 3. His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. That is, when she should have the presence of Christ in her mother's house. Or the words are a petition that so it might be, "let his left hand", &c. {g}; or a declaration of what she did enjoy, "his left hand is…
88 wordsSECTION 81Song of Solomon 8:4
Song of Solomon 8:4 Ver. 4. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please. The phrase, "by the roes [and] by the hinds of the field", used in So 2:7; is here omitted; not as if the charge was less vehement and earnest here, for the form of expostulation seems rath…
157 wordsSECTION 82Song of Solomon 8:5
Song of Solomon 8:5 Ver. 5. (Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness?.... Which words are spoken by the daughters of Jerusalem, occasioned by her charge to them, by which they were excited to look more earnestly at her, whom Christ had indulged with so much nearness to him; at which they express their surpris…
776 wordsSECTION 83Song of Solomon 8:6
Song of Solomon 8:6 Ver. 6. Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm,.... These are still the words of the church, speaking to Christ as she walked along with him, as the affixes in the Hebrew text show; in which she desires to have a fixed abiding place in his heart; to continue firmly in his love,…
812 wordsSECTION 84Song of Solomon 8:7
Song of Solomon 8:7 Ver. 7. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it,.... The love of the church to Christ, which is inextinguishable and insuperable, by the many waters and floods of wicked and ungodly men; neither by their flattery and fair promises; nor by their cruel edicts, force and persec…
517 wordsSECTION 85Song of Solomon 8:8
Song of Solomon 8:8 Ver. 8. We have a little sister,.... Which seems to be the Gentile church, so called by the Jewish church; for as the church catholic, or universal, with respect to its parts, is called a mother, as often in this Song; so these parts, with respect to each other, as the Jewish and Gentile churches, …
740 wordsSECTION 86Song of Solomon 8:9
Song of Solomon 8:9 Ver. 9. If she [be] a wall,.... Built upon a sure foundation; and firmly established in her faith on Christ, and love to him; and is constant therein, and stands as a wall against the attacks of enemies {b}; we will build upon her a palace of silver; though at first but as a side wall, yet should …
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