Chapter 2
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
the rose
lily
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Isaiah 55:13 Matthew 6:28,29 10:16 Philippians 2:15,16 1 Peter 2:12
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
the apple tree
8:5 Isaiah 4:2 Ezekiel 17:23,24 John 15:1-8
my beloved
5:9,10,16 Psalms 45:2 89:6 John 1:14-18 3:29-31 Hebrews 1:1-6 3:1-6 Hebrews 7:23-26 12:2
I sat, etc
Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc.
Judges 9:15,19,20 Psalms 57:1 91:1 Isaiah 4:6 25:4 32:2 1 John 1:3,4
his fruit
5 Genesis 3:22-24 Ezekiel 47:12 Revelation 22:1,2
taste
Heb. palate.
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
brought
1:4 5:1 Psalms 63:2-5 84:10 John 14:21-23 Revelation 3:20
banqueting house
Heb. house of wine.
his banner
6:4 Job 1:10 Psalms 60:4 Isaiah 11:10 John 15:9-15 Romans 5:8-10 8:28-39
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Stay
Psalms 4:6,7 42:1,2 63:1-3,8 Isaiah 26:8,9 Luke 24:32 Philippians 1:23
flagons
comfort me
Heb. straw me. for.
5:8 2 Samuel 13:1,2 Psalms 119:130,131
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
8:3-5 Isaiah 54:5-10 62:4,5 Jeremiah 32:41 Zephaniah 3:17 John 3:29 Ephesians 5:25-29
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
charge you
Heb. adjure you.
O ye
by the roes
ye stir
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
voice
5:2 John 3:29 10:4,5,27 Revelation 3:20
leaping
2 Samuel 6:16 Isaiah 35:6 Jeremiah 48:27 Luke 6:23 Acts 3:8 14:10
the mountains
Isaiah 40:3,4 44:23 49:11-13 55:12,13 Luke 3:4-6
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
like
he standeth
1 Corinthians 13:12 2 Corinthians 3:13-18 Ephesians 2:14,15 Colossians 2:17 Hebrews 9:8,9 Hebrews 10:1,19,20
shewing
Heb. flourishing.
Luke 24:35 John 5:39,46 12:41 1 Peter 1:10-12 Revelation 19:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
spake
8 2 Samuel 23:3 Psalms 85:8 Jeremiah 31:3
Rise
13 4:7,8 5:2 Genesis 12:1-3 Psalms 45:10,11 Matthew 4:19-22 9:9 2 Corinthians 6:17,18 2 Corinthians 11:2 Revelation 19:7-9 22:17
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
Ecclesiastes 3:4,11 Isaiah 12:1,2 40:2 54:6-8 60:1,2 Matthew 5:4 Ephesians 5:8 Revelation 11:14,15
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;
flowers
6:2,11 Isaiah 35:1,2 Hosea 14:5-7
time
Psalms 40:1-3 89:15 148:7-13 Isaiah 42:10-12 55:12 Ephesians 5:18-20 Colossians 3:16
of the turtle
Romans 15:9-13 Ephesians 1:13,14
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
fig-tree
6:11 7:8,11-13 Isaiah 18:5 55:10,11 61:11 Hosea 14:6 Haggai 2:19 Luke 13:6,7
Arise
10 Luke 19:42 2 Corinthians 5:20 6:1,2
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
my dove
5:2 6:9 Psalms 68:13 74:19 Isaiah 60:8 Ezekiel 7:16 Matthew 3:16 10:16
that art
Exodus 3:6 4:11-13 Ezra 9:5,6 Job 9:16 Isaiah 6:5 Daniel 9:7 Luke 8:47,48
clefts
Exodus 33:22,23 Isaiah 2:21 Jeremiah 49:16 Obadiah 1:3
let me hear
8:13 Psalms 50:14,15 Proverbs 15:8 Hebrews 4:16 10:22
for sweet
Psalms 22:3 50:23 Isaiah 51:3 Revelation 4:8-10 5:8 7:9,10
thy countenance
1:5,8 6:10 Psalms 45:11 110:3 Ephesians 5:27 Colossians 1:22 1 Peter 3:4 Jude 1:24
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
the foxes
Psalms 80:13 Ezekiel 13:4-16 Luke 13:32 2 Peter 2:1-3 Revelation 2:2
tender
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
beloved
6:3 7:10,13 Psalms 48:14 63:1 Jeremiah 31:33 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 Galatians 2:20 Revelation 21:2,3
he
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
the day
4:6 Luke 1:78 Romans 13:12 2 Peter 1:19
the shadows
beloved
Bether
or, division.