Charles Spurgeon Commentary Song of Solomon 3
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Song of Solomon 3
Charles Spurgeon Commentary
Song of Solomon 3
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This author has written multiple commentaries over their lifetime on this chapter. We have grouped their commentaries for easier reading."By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. [I said], I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me; [To whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?" — Song of Solomon 3:1-3 (ASV)
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The same question over and over again – only that one thought, "Where is he?" Ministers were nothing; streets of ordinances were nothing; what the soul wanted was to find a personal Christ, and to have personal fellowship with him.
"It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother`s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me." — Song of Solomon 3:4 (ASV)
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go,
Jacob's wrestlings are succeeded by Jacob's vows.
Until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Fellowship that is sweet to me must be sweet to others of my brothers; therefore, I will bring him to the church, and tell all the assembled people how sweet, how delightful he is to my soul.
"[I said], I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me; [To whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother`s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please." — Song of Solomon 3:2-5 (ASV)
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field,–
"By everything that is timid, and delicate, and pure, and full of love, I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem,"–
"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please." — Song of Solomon 3:5 (ASV)
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
"I have found my Beloved, and I would not lose him again; he has come to me, so I will not grieve him, and drive him away." That is the plea of our reading: "Come near to me, I pray you; and when you come near me, stay with me always."
Extracted from an exposition of Genesis 45:1-13; Song of Solomon 1:1–7; Song of Solomon 3:1–5.
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