Tell me, you whom my soul loves, Where you graze your flock, Where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled Beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The Targumist and other Jewish interpreters understand this section to foreshadow the condition of Israel in the wilderness. In a similar way, some…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Where you feed ... your flock ... For why should I be ... ?—The marginal reading, that is veiled, follows the Se…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me.

I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, an…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Tell me, O you whom my soul loves
With all her heart, cordially and sincerely; for, notwithstanding her sinful compl…

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