Charles Spurgeon Commentary Song Of Solomon 4:9

"Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck." — Song Of Solomon 4:9 (ASV)

You have ravished my heart, –

I think the Septuagint reads it, You have unhearted me, as if Christ’s people had taken away his heart, so that it was all theirs, and not his any longer. You have ravished my heart, –

My sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

The eye of love, and the neck of faith with its chain, hold captive the heart of Christ.

"So dear, so very dear to Christ,
Dearer I cannot be;
The love with which God loves his sons,
Such is Christ's love to me."

Oh, what a miracle of mercy it is that Christ himself should be captivated by such foul and loathsome creatures as we once were!

Yet he loved us so much that he wanted us. And having determined to do so, he bestowed a beauty upon us that is now truly worthy of his love.

I speak advisedly, for the righteousness of Christ and the sanctification of the Spirit inherently possess such fairness that Christ does not now love what is unworthy of his love. Indeed, the righteousness he himself has worked in us now rightly claims his affection.