The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inner character and sentiment.

With one…

Ravished. — The marginal note says, taken away, whereas many (including Herder, Ewald, etc.) give an exactly opposite sen…

You have ravished my heart, –

I think the Septuagint reads it, You have unhearted me, as if Christ’s people had taken away …

You have ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse
Here another new title is given to the church, "my sister", with the repetit…

Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is: